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In grammar, an attributive expression is a word or phrase within a noun phrase that modifies the head noun. It may be an:

or other part of speech, such as an attributive numeral.

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Predicative expression

drawn between predicative (also predicate) and attributive expressions. Further, predicative expressions are typically not clause arguments, and they are

Meaning (philosophy)

out that there are two uses of definite descriptions: attributive and referential. Attributive uses provide a description of whoever is being referred

Object complement

grammar, an object complement is a predicative expression that follows a direct object of an attributive ditransitive or resultative verb and that complements

Noun

nouns or proper nouns that can occur with determiners, articles and attributive adjectives, and can function as the head of a noun phrase. According

Japanese adjectives

taking the 〜の particles when functioning attributively (in the genitive case), and verbs in the attributive form. These are considered separate classes

Gerundive

gerundive could be used as either a predicative or an attributive adjective. However, attributive use was rare, largely confined to verbs expressing approval

Intensifier

expletive attributives (or, equivalently, attributive expletives or attributive-only expletives; they also qualify as expressive attributives), because

Compound modifier

phrasal adjective, or adjectival phrase) is a compound of two or more attributive words: that is, two or more words that collectively modify a noun. Compound