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Attributive

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

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Prenominal 92% connected

Serving as a prefix in a compound name.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Predicative 94% connected

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

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Predicative 94% connected

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjective adjective · 78% connection

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common adjective · 78% connection

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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Counting noun · 78% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Demonstrative adjective · 78% connection

given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"

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Determinant noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Aetiological adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: attributing, pertaining, expressing, assigning, attribute.
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Analogical adjective · 78% connection

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.

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Appropriation noun · 78% connection

The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; applicati…

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Ascription noun · 78% connection

assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the p…

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Assignation noun · 78% connection

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Attribution noun · 78% connection

The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

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Blameful adjective · 78% connection

Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.

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Concrete adjective · 78% connection

Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an…

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Distributive adjective · 78% connection

Assigning the species of a general term.

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Epithet noun · 78% connection

An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a ju…

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Exclamation noun · 78% connection

A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

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experimental design noun · 78% connection

The plan showing how an experiment will be carried out and compared.

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