adjective phrase
Noun
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Noun
adjective phrase (plural adjective phrases)
- (grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and be modified by an adverb.
- Examples
- That house down the block is a hideous shade of red.
- The road tarred on Thursday is the one we need to take.
- French: locution adjectivale
- German: Adjektivphrase, adjektivisches Satzglied
- Portuguese: locução adjetiva
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