at|trib´u|tive|ness

at|trib´u|tive|ness
at|trib|u|tive «uh TRIHB yuh tihv», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. expressing a quality or attribute.
2. that attributes.
3. of or like an attribute.
–n.
an attributive word. In the phrase “big brown dog,” big and brown are attributives; in “morning star,” morning is an attributive.
–at|trib´u|tive|ly, adverb.
–at|trib´u|tive|ness, noun.
Usage attributive. An adjective that stands next to its noun is attributive (a blue shirt; the church militant), as contrasted with a predicate adjective that is related to its noun by a linking verb (The shirt is blue). A noun placed immediately before another noun and serving as a modifier is an attributive noun, as in “highway patrol.”

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