Definition of "attributive" []

• Grammar A word or word group, such as an adjective, that is placed adjacent to the noun it modifies without a linking verb; for example, pale in the pale girl. (noun)
• Grammar Of, relating to, or being an attributive, as an adjective. (adjective)
• Of or having the nature of an attribution or attribute. (adjective)

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• "And sentences like 4 are what, following Geach [1960], I'll call attributive uses of “good”, because"
• "˜Fast™ and ˜big™ are what Geach has called attributive adjectives; ˜brown™ is called a predicative adjective."
• "The word 'attributive' in logic embraces both the adjective and participle of grammar."