Attributive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attributive
       adj : of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red'
             is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" [syn: {prenominal}]
             [ant: {predicative}]