Adjective vs. Noun
Adjectivenoun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
Adjectivenoun
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
Adjectiveadjective
(obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
Adjectiveadjective
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
Adjectiveadjective
(legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
Adjectiveadjective
Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Adjectiveverb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
Adjectiveadjective
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
Adjectiveadjective
Not standing by itself; dependent.
Adjectiveadjective
Relating to procedure.
Adjectivenoun
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.
Adjectivenoun
A dependent; an accessory.
Adjectiveverb
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
Adjectivenoun
a word that expresses an attribute of something
Adjectivenoun
the word class that qualifies nouns
Adjectiveadjective
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;
Adjectiveadjective
applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure;
Adjective
In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated adj) is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun.
Nounnoun
A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
Nounnoun
Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
Nounverb
(transitive) To convert a word to a noun.
Nounnoun
A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
Nounnoun
a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
Nounnoun
a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
Nounnoun
a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).
Noun
A noun (from Latin nōmen 'name') is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. However, noun is not a semantic category, so it cannot be characterized in terms of its meaning.
