adjective

1. n. word/added">Added to a word/substantive">substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. Source: opted

2. n. Not standing by itself; dependent. Source: opted

3. n. Relating to procedure. Source: opted

4. n. A word used with a word/noun">noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. Source: opted

5. n. A dependent; an accessory. Source: opted

6. v. t. To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. Source: opted

7. adj. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective Source: wordnet

8. adj. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law Source: wordnet

9. n. a word that word/expresses">expresses an attribute of something Source: wordnet

10. n. the word word/class">class that class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/qualifies">qualifies nouns Source: wordnet

11. 1. word/added">Added to a word/substantive">substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence. 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. 3. Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay. 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. 2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller. To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke. Source: webster

12. A word used with a word/noun">noun, or substantive, to express a qualityof the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit ordefine it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct fromsomething else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is theadjective, expressing a property of ruler. Source: adambom

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