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An adjective is a part of speech that is used to describe a noun. (noun)

Red, tall, better and fast are all examples of adjectives.

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noun

any of a class of words used to modify a noun or other substantive, as by describing qualities of the entity denoted, stating its limits or quantity, or distinguishing it from others (Ex.: good, every, Aegean)

adjective

of an adjective
having the nature or function of an adjective
dependent or subordinate
Law of or relating to practice and procedure; procedural

Related Forms:

adjectively adverb

See adjective in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ăjˈĭk-tĭv)

noun Abbr. a. or adj.

The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.
Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.

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