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[syn: attributive, prenominal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. attributif.]
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an
attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Attributive \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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
attributive
adj 1: of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify;
"`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"
[syn: attributive, prenominal] [ant: predicative]