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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Example:
'red' is an attributive adjective in 'a red apple'
Synonyms:
attributive; prenominal
Classified under:
Similar:
attributive genitive (a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))