Attributive noun
a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
noun
a noun used like an adjective and modifies another noun, e.g. government policy, administration policy, portrait painter
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an attributive noun can also be called a noun adjunct.
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- Noun adjunct
a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- Attributively
pertaining to or having the character of or an . grammar. of or relating to an adjective or noun that is directly adjacent to, in english usually preceding, the noun it modifies, without any intervening linking verb, as the adjective sunny in a sunny day or the noun television in a television screen. grammar. an […]
- Attributor
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): she attributed his bad temper to ill health. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: he attributed intelligence to his colleagues. to consider as made by the one indicated, especially […]
- Attrite
also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition. to make smaller by attrition. adj. “worn down,” 1620s, from latin attritus, past participle of atterere (see attrition).
- Attriting
also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition. to make smaller by attrition. adj. “worn down,” 1620s, from latin attritus, past participle of atterere (see attrition).