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3 | 26% | 12 | A part of speech that changes or specifies the meaning of another part of speech in a sentence. | |
Qualifying Or Descriptive Part Of Speech Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ADJECTIVE" which means:
- adjective
- • Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
- • Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law noun
- • A word that expresses an attribute of something
- • The word class that qualifies nouns verb
- • To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
- • (chiefly as a participle) to characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
An example sentence would be:
- • "An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun."
- • "In the sentence 'the tall tree provides shade,' 'tall' is an adjective."
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