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Meanings of adjective in English

Russian
имя прилагательное
Portuguese
adjetivos
Spanish
adjetivo
Catalan
adjectiu

Part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun.

        Related terms
        имя прилагательное
        Portuguese
        adjetivo

        Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

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              adjetivo
              Portuguese
              processual
              Catalan
              processal

              Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law.

                  processual
                  Usage of adjective in English
                  1
                  Gret is a wonderful adjective, used to add emphasis to a point.
                  The South African
                  2
                  But the problem, if not the adjective, is certainly a familiar one.
                  The Irish Times
                  3
                  The adjective is used more in pity than in anger or disgust.
                  Are You a Bromide? / The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplif...
                  4
                  The conjunction of the letter H with that particular adjective started echoes.
                  The Honorable Percival
                  5
                  The adjective nice has various dialectal uses in Ireland, England and Scotland.
                  The Irish Times
                  6
                  It's the only family title that comes with its own adjective: wicked.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  I agree with the third adjective and a little with the second.
                  The Guardian
                  8
                  An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article because the higher the fewer.
                  The Silly Syclopedia / A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literar...
                  9
                  Almost every verb or adjective they use has a connected numerical clarifier.
                  The Complete Rama Omnibus
                  10
                  And here observe my adjective-myout-of-the-way-foritis a case in point.
                  The History of a Mouthful of Bread / And its effect on the organ...
                  11
                  We have dropped the comparatively democratic adjective, and kept the aristocratic noun.
                  The Crimes of England
                  12
                  The adjective slipped from his mind before he was aware of it.
                  Four Weird Tales
                  13
                  Douce is an adjective one hears in the north of this island.
                  The Irish Times
                  14
                  In England the word is pronounced Maudlin, whence maudlin, adjective, unpleasantly sentimental.
                  The Devil's Dictionary
                  15
                  Give me a new and fitting adjective to describe what I see.
                  A Truthful Woman in Southern California
                  16
                  He was immensely pleased with the adjective he had coined, repeating it.
                  Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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                  Spanish
                  adjetivo
                  Adjective through the time
                  Adjective across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common