2007-05-03 11:49:07 · 8 answers · asked by bella m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
An adjective modifies a noun, examples include:
happy camper
happy is the adjective that modifies the camper, a noun
big house
big is the adjective that modifies the house, a noun
2007-05-03 12:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A describing word.
For example,
The GREEN car
The LONG trip
My ELDERLY grandmother
GLITTERY Las Vegas
In English, adjectives generally preceed the nouns (people, places, or things) that they modify.
2007-05-03 11:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adjective is a word that describes a noun.
For example:
The girl is beautiful.
The adjective there is "beautiful" because it is describing the girl.
Get it?
2007-05-03 17:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word that describes an attribute of something
it describes a noun
2007-05-03 11:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by flit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to dictionary.com:
Any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns, as good, wise, perfect.
2007-05-03 11:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kalikina 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a word that describes a noun
2007-05-03 11:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by perla0776 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word that describes a noun [a person, place or thing]
2007-05-03 15:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by katstr4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a word that describes or modifies a noun.
2007-05-03 12:01:38 · answer #8 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋