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Meaning of "attributive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ATTRIBUTIVE

attributive  [əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTRIBUTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Attributive can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ATTRIBUTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attributive

In grammar, an attributive is a word or phrase within a noun phrase that modifies the head noun. It may be an: ▪ attributive adjective ▪ attributive noun ▪ attributive verb or other part of speech, such as an attributive numeral.

Definition of attributive in the English dictionary

The first definition of attributive in the dictionary is relating to an attribute. Other definition of attributive is relative to an understood domain, as small in that elephant is small. Attributive is also an attributive adjective.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATTRIBUTIVE


automotive
ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv
consecutive
kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv
contributive
kənˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
diminutive
dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv
distributive
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv
electromotive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈməʊtɪv
emotive
ɪˈməʊtɪv
evolutive
ɪˈvɒljʊtɪv
executive
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
flexecutive
flɛɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
inconsecutive
ˌɪnkənˈsɛkjʊtɪv
locomotive
ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv
motive
ˈməʊtɪv
nonconsecutive
ˌnɒnkənˈsekjʊtɪv
nonexecutive
ˌnɒnɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
redistributive
ˌriːdɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
resolutive
rɪˈzɒljʊtɪv
retributive
rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
solutive
ˈsɒljʊtɪv
votive
ˈvəʊtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATTRIBUTIVE

attrahent
attrap
attrib.
attributable
attribute
attributer
attribution
attribution theory
attributional
attributively
attributiveness
attributor
attrist
attrit
attrite
attrition
attrition rate
attritional
attritive
attritted

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATTRIBUTIVE

absolutive
account executive
active
alternative
chief executive
competitive
constitutive
dilutive
dissolutive
Health and Safety Executive
institutive
junior executive
Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive
obvolutive
persecutive
pollutive
restitutive
sales executive
senior executive
substitutive

Synonyms and antonyms of attributive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «attributive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ATTRIBUTIVE

Find out the translation of attributive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of attributive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attributive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

定语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atributiva
570 millions of speakers

English

attributive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुणवाचक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عزوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

атрибутивная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atributivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুণবাচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attributif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sifatnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

attributiv-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

属性的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Atribut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைமொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विशेषण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

niteleyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attributivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

atrybutywny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

атрибутивна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atributiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσδιοριστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

attributiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

attributive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

attributive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of attributive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTRIBUTIVE»

The term «attributive» is normally little used and occupies the 119.277 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTRIBUTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «attributive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «attributive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about attributive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTRIBUTIVE»

Discover the use of attributive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to attributive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Postmodifying Attributive Adjectives in English: An ...
This study investigates three different post-modifying adjective constructions in the English language.
Lars M. Blöhdorn, 2009
2
Attributive Factors to Superintendent Longevity in Wisconsin ...
While significant research and literature exist regarding superintendent turnover, modest amounts are accessible regarding the factors that exist to permit school district leaders to establish longevity.
James R. Sebert, 2006
3
UEBER FLEXION UND ATTRIBUTIVE STELLUNG DES ADJECTI:
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Ludwig Eichelmann, 2009
4
Constraint Grammar: A Language-independent System for ...
In assigning adjective readings, we have adhered to the following criteria: (i) occurrence in predicative position, (ii) occurrence in attributive position, i.e., as a premodifier in a noun phrase, and (iii) capability of taking an adverbial premodifier.
Fred Karlsson, 1995
5
Studies on Turkish and Turkic Languages: Proceedings of the ...
This evidence, then, suggests that -ki constructions form a group with attributive clauses in terms of their morphosyntactic properties - but does that mean that -ki constructions are attributive clauses? In 2.2. above I distinguished between two ...
Aslı Göksel, Celia Kerslake, 2000
6
Logical Foundations for Rule-Based Systems
VSAL — Variable Set Attributive Logic, i.e attributive logic with set values of attributes incorporating variables. Obviously, there are many other possibilities of enhancing the expressive power and knowledge representation capabilities.
Antoni Ligeza, 2006
7
Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology
sumably from accent): yuku 'goes' (attributive and conclusive), tatu 'stands' ( attributive and conclusive). This difference between central and Eastern dialects can be explained by exploiting an insight shared by a number of scholars: there is a ...
Philip Baldi, 1990
8
The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar
We shall refer to these types as attributive relative clauses and nominal relative clauses respectively. 19.1.1. Attributive Relative Clauses Relative clauses that have attributive function are always placed after the nominal that they modify.
Geoffrey Khan, 2008
9
Responsibility in Law and Morality
Peter Cane. 4.4 ATTRIBUTIVE CAUSATION The second element of the legal concept of causation is what I have called “attributive causation”. Both the but-for and the NESS tests are very indiscriminate because for any given outcome, there is ...
Peter Cane, 2002
10
Has Semantics Rested on a Mistake?: And Other Essays
A T T H E very heart of Keith Donnellan's distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions, at least as Donnellan wrote about the distinction in "Reference and Definite Descriptions,"' appeared to be the idea that a ...
Howard K. Wettstein, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTRIBUTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term attributive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Re: Nkrumahism, The Can Of Worms I Opened–Noam Chomsky 1
Thus we are making a direct case for a discursive emphasis of parenthetic clarity where, for instance, the attributive delineation between ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
2
Plan afoot to reach out to 2 lakh schools
The cost of one lab is Rs.85,000 plus taxes. The cost includes training to two teachers in attributive teaching technique and guiding manual. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Nano Science Lab launched in Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam …
At the same time, he said that Genius Edu Labs provides a three-day workshop for teachers to help them learn attributive teaching techniques ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
4
Hyderabad firm takes mobile science labs to schools
The company will provide a guiding manual on the use of the lab and it will also provide training in attributive teaching techniques to teachers. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
“Past is Prologue” and other presidential inaugural turns of phrase
... ungainly phrasing), then “votes” shouldn't be pluralized, so that “vote” would have functioned as an attributive noun that modifies “count. «Daily Trust, Jun 15»
6
Pluralism Marches On
It was a new example, to me, of a phenomenon I've discussed in this space before — the growing pluralization of attributive nouns, such as ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 15»
7
A Grammatical and Rhetorical Analysis of President Buhari's …
Removing the first comma helps "founding father" to function as an attributive phrase that modifies the names that follow. F. "Not least the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
8
Support continues to slip for embattled Guinta
... AS REPRESENTATIVE GUINTA'S OFFICE SENT US THIS STATEMENT, SAYING IT NEEDED TO BE ATTRIBUTIVE TO HIS MOTHER. «WMUR Manchester, Jun 15»
9
Are Politicians Folking With Us? The overuse of 'folks' in today's …
Finally, the OED says folks are “Men, people indefinitely. Also, people of a particular class, which is indicated by an adjective or some attributive ... «Random Nerds, May 15»
10
Peace prospects in Afghanistan
... from the start as a non-official meeting where all participants were free to express their personal opinions on a non-attributive basis”. «Daily Times, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Attributive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/attributive>. May 2024 ».
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