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description word en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An adjective.
    • It includes vocabulary related to home, people, action words, description words, pronouns, prepositions, and question words. 2011/2015, Joan N. Kaderavek, Language Disorders in Children: Fundamental Concepts of Assessment and Intervention. Second Edition, Pearson, p.222
    • Adjectives, or description words, are another way to turn a standard role or activity into something special. 2010, Julie Gray, Get That Job With The Right CV: Teach Yourself, Hodder Education (part of Hachette UK), in the series Teach Yourself (e-book edition without page numbers)
    • Both can be used interchangeably but Palá cannot be used with adjectives (description words) 2010, Paul Werny, English Filipino Work book, 2nd edition, Median press, p.99
    • They learn not just nouns, but description words (adjectives), action words (verbs), and others. 2006, Tanya Remer Altmann, The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child Successfully Negotiate Major Developmental Milestones (e-book edition without page numbers)
    • Adjective: description word that modifies a noun 2013, Alison Amend, Adam Robinson, Cracking the SAT Literature Subject Test, 2013-2014 Edition, Princeton Review, page 43:

Forms

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description words Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

word · part of speech

Relateds

connecting word · action word · name word · naming word

Synonyms

adnoun · adjective · describing word · adjective