QUALIFYING ADJECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does qualifying adjective mean? 

• QUALIFYING ADJECTIVE (noun)
  The noun QUALIFYING ADJECTIVE has 1 sense:

1. an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice')

  Familiarity information: QUALIFYING ADJECTIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUALIFYING ADJECTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., 'a nervous person' or 'a musical speaking voice')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

descriptive adjective; qualifying adjective

Hypernyms ("qualifying adjective" is a kind of...):

adjective (a word that expresses an attribute of something)