What is the definition for the word adjective?

Answer 1

n. (Abbr. a. or adj.)

1. 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.
2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.

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Answer 2

it is a word that describes something or someone. for an example.( the cat is fat with brown and orange furr) the adjective would be fat brown orange.... you get it?

Answer 3

An adjective is a word that describes, tells about, or modifies a noun or a pronoun.

It is a word that describes something or someone: they can describe, limit, or quantify a noun.

Answer 4

• An adjective is a word that describe a noun.

Answer 5

The word which describes the noun.