Collocations for "adjective"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "adjective" in context.
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adjective
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- a [gradable, demonstrative, compound, predicate] adjective
- [a common, an uncommon] adjective
- need an adjective to describe...
- adjectives and adverbs
- a common adjective used to describe
- am looking for a different adjective to describe...
- the adjective modifying...
- modify the noun with an adjective
- a noun being used as an adjective
- an adjective for describing...
- is not a very common adjective
- is a pretty common adjective
- an adjective to [express, describe, modify]
- an adjective that [describes, modifies]
- the adjective [formed, derived] from
- is one of my favorite adjectives
- the adjective should come [before, after]
- an adjective commonly used with
'adjective' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):