[uh-trib-yuh-tiv] 
| 1. | pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute. |
| 2. | Grammar. of or pertaining 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. |
| 3. | Grammar. an attributive word, esp. an adjective. |
| at·trib·u·tive (ə-trĭb'yə-tĭv) n. Grammar A word or word group, such as an adjective, that is placed adjacent to the noun it modifies without a linking verb; for example, pale in the pale girl. adj.
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