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"an adjective clause"adjectiveof or relating to or functioning as an adjective
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"adjective law"adjectiverelating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
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nouna word that expresses an attribute of something
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nounthe word class that qualifies nounstype of:
Definition that contains adjective
- be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- they The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
- more used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- than A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.
- ever (intensifier for adjectives) very
- case nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- less used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- positive the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
- active (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
- compare to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb