Adjective
Adjective
Adjective (pronounced: /ˈædʒɪktɪv/) is a word that describes or modifies another person or thing in a sentence. The etymology of the word "adjective" comes from the Latin word adjectivum, which means "additional", from adjectus, the past participle of adjicere ("to throw" or "to add").
Definition
An adjective is a part of speech which describes, identifies, or quantifies a noun or a pronoun. So basically, the main function of an adjective is to modify a noun or a pronoun so that it will become more specific and interesting.
Types of Adjectives
Adjectives are divided into several types, including:
- Descriptive Adjective: These adjectives describe the qualities and states of being of nouns.
- Quantitative Adjective: These adjectives describe the quantity of something.
- Demonstrative Adjective: These adjectives point out specific things.
- Possessive Adjective: These adjectives show possession or ownership.
- Interrogative Adjective: These adjectives are used to ask questions.
- Distributive Adjective: These adjectives refer to individual things or people within a group.
Related Terms
- Noun: A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb: A word that represents an action or a state of being.
- Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
- Pronoun: A word that takes the place of a noun.
- Preposition: A word that shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and some other word in the sentence.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Adjective
- Wikipedia's article - Adjective
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