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at•trib•u•tive /əˈtrɪbyətɪv/USA pronunciation adj.

Grammarof or relating to an adjective or noun that comes directly before a noun it modifies. The adjective sunny in the noun phrase a sunny day is attributive, and so is the noun television in the phrase a television screen.

at•trib•u•tive•ly, adv.

at•trib•u•tive (ə trib′yə tiv),USA pronunciation adj.

pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
Grammarof 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.

at•trib ′u•tive•ly, adv.
at•trib ′u•tive•ness, n.

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attributive /əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv/ adj

relating to an attribute
(of an adjective or adjectival phrase) modifying a noun and constituting part of the same noun phrase, in English normally preceding the noun, as black in Fido is a black dog (as opposed to Fido is black)
Compare predicative
relative to an understood domain, as small in that elephant is small

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