Definitions for: Attributive

[adj] (grammar) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"

Webster (1913) Definition: At*trib"u*tive, a. [Cf. F. attributif.]
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an
attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

At*trib"u*tive, n., (Gram.)
A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word
joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Synonyms: attributive genitive, prenominal

Antonyms: predicate, predicative

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