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How do you differentiate a noun derivative from an adjective derivative?
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∙ 10y ago
Noun Derivative - a verb that becomes a noun by adding a suffix or suffixes at the end of the word.
Adjective Derivative - a noun or verb that becomes an adjective by adding a suffix or suffixes at the end of the word.
(sometimes nouns and verbs, or nouns and adjectives, have the same spelling)
Verb occur --> noun occurrence (noun derivative)
Verb depend --> noun dependence (noun derivative) or noun dependent
Verb depend --> adjective dependent (adjective derivative)
Verb react --> adjective reactive (adjective derivative)
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∙ 10y ago
A noun derivative modifies or describes a noun, while an adjective derivative modifies or describes a noun. For example, in the word "developmental psychology," "developmental" is the adjective derivative describing the noun "psychology." In the word "decision-making process," "decision" is the noun derivative modifying the noun "process."
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Is the word neighboring a noun derivative?
No, "neighboring" is not a noun derivative. It is an adjective form derived from the noun "neighbor."
5 examples of noun derivative words?
Pollution (noun) - Polluted (adjective) Knowledge (noun) - Knowledgeable (adjective) Music (noun) - Musical (adjective) Joy (noun) - Joyful (adjective) Danger (noun) - Dangerous (adjective)
What is the adjective derivative of analyze?
The adjective derivative of "analyze" is "analytical."
What is the adjective of register?
The verb to register has the participle adjectives registering and registered.The derivative adjective registrable is seldom used except in seismology.(The noun registration also has the rarely-seen adjective registrational.)
Is surrounded an adverb?
No, "surrounded" is not an adverb. It is a past tense verb or a participle adjective modifying a noun.
What is an adjective derivative?
An adjective derivative (derivative adjective) is an adjective formed from a noun or verb by the addition of a suffix. Examples: glamor - glamorous honor - honorable plenty - plentiful
What are examples of adjective derivative?
noun derivative - a verb that becomes a noun by adding a suffix.Examples:react - reactiondepend - dependence, dependent (noun)favor - favoritedescend - descentpronounce - pronunciationA verb that becomes a noun by adding a suffix is called a noun derivative.A noun that becomes an adjective by adding a suffix is called an adjective derivative.
Is opportunity an adjective?
No. It is a noun. The noun opportunity has the related adjective opportune, or derivative adjectives such as opportunistic (from the noun opportunist).
What is definition of verb derivative?
derivatives -a word changes in function when a suffix is added to it verb derivative - noun to verb -adjective to verb example: ripe- ripen sharp- sharpen noun derivative -verb to noun example: teach - teacher arrange- arrangement adjective derivative -noun to adjective example: person- personal diet- dietary -8.7.8.6
What is the adjective for responsibility?
The adjective form of the noun responsibility is responsible. It is an -able/-ible derivative of the noun response.
What is the noun derivative of accuracy?
The word 'accuracy' is the noun form of the adjective accurate.
What is the definition of an adjective derivative?
An adjective derivative (derivative adjective) is a verb or noun that becomes an adjective by means of adding affixes, usually suffixes. Examples: react- reactive care- careless hope- hopeless steel- steely accept- acceptable
What is a derivative for inevitable?
The noun derivatives for the adjective inevitable are inevitability and inevitableness.
What is a Derived adverb?
A derivative adverb would be the adverb form of a derivative adjective: one formed from a noun or a verb by the addition of a suffix (and possibly by a prefix as well). An example would be the adjective lawful (from the noun law) and the adverb lawfully.
Can you give me some examples of derivative nouns?
A derivative noun is a noun formed from a word that is another part of speech.Examples:a noun form for the verb to recede is recession;noun forms of the verb to invent are inventor and invention;a noun form of the verb to disappear is disappearance;a noun form of the verb to attract is attraction;the noun form of the adjective attractive is attractiveness;the noun form of the adjective desperate is desperation;the noun form of the adjective fresh is freshness;the noun form of the adjective accurate is accuracy.
What the adjective for profit?
The derivative adjectives from the noun or verb profit include the adjective profitable (and the negative, unprofitable). The present participle can also be an adjective: profiting.
5 examples of noun derivative words?
Pollution (noun) - Polluted (adjective) Knowledge (noun) - Knowledgeable (adjective) Music (noun) - Musical (adjective) Joy (noun) - Joyful (adjective) Danger (noun) - Dangerous (adjective)
