description word

plural description words

1. grammarAn adjective.

   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

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   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)

   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

   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

   Synonyms: adjective, describing word, adjective, adnoun