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adjective

describing word
[C] Countable
pl: adjectives

This term functions as a technical label within linguistics. It carries a clinical, educational tone, typically appearing in classrooms, grammar guides, or software for language processing. It describes the function of a word rather than its meaning. While most people associate it with simple descriptions like colors or sizes, in a professional linguistic context, it encompasses a broad range of modifiers including determiners and quantifiers, depending on the grammatical framework being used.

Used to count individual words in a sentence, such as identifying three adjectives in a phrase.

Meanings

Noundescribing word

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

"The word blue is an adjective."

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