attributive
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Collins Definition
Adjective
(of an adjective or noun) Preceding the word it qualifies or modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiration in expiration date (but not in date of expiration),
/əˈtribyətiv/,
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(of an adjective or noun) Preceding the word it qualifies or modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiration in expiration date (but not in date of expiration),
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(of an adjective or noun) Preceding the word it qualifies or modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiration in expiration date (but not in date of expiration)
Web Definitions:
- of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"
- (attributively) in an attributive manner; "the genitive noun is used attributively"
- An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative; Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun; Having the nature of an attribute
- [noun] A noun which directly precedes the noun it modifies, without the necessity of a linking verb. For example, the word “London” in the name London Fog clothing is an attributive noun.
- of or relating to athletes or athletics:athletic eventsan athletic club