adjective

noun/ˈædʒɪktɪv/

Frequency rank: #9,118 most common English word

Meaning

a word that describes or modifies a noun.

Illustration for the English word “adjective”

Example sentence

The word 'beautiful' is adjective that describes how something looks.

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