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# adjective

«adjective» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a word that describes a noun, telling us more about a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an adjective, adjectives)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An adjective is a word that describes a noun, telling us more about a person, place or thing, like «big», «red», «happy» or «three». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#m1)

2) Adjectives can come before a noun («a tall tree») or after verbs like «is» and «seems» («the tree is tall»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English grammar lessons pupils find adjectives, use them to make writing more interesting («an expanded noun phrase»: «the gloomy, silent castle»), and learn comparatives and superlatives (big, bigger, biggest; good, better, best). Phrases: «comparative adjective», «superlative adjective», «adjective of size, colour, shape». In maths word problems, adjectives like «each», «every», «more», «fewer» carry number meaning.

### examples

- The true adjective for living is ChIA. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x1)
- «Fluffy» is an adjective in «a fluffy kitten». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x2)
- Add two adjectives to describe the monster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x3)
- «Happy» is an adjective; «happiness» is a noun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x4)
- The comparative of the adjective «big» is «bigger». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x5)
- In «The sky is blue», «blue» is an adjective after the verb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x6)
- Use an adjective of colour and one of size: «a small green frog». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x7)
- «Good, better, best» are forms of one adjective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/#x8)

### note

Plural «adjectives»; «an adjective». English adjectives do not change for plural: «a red car, two red cars» (not «reds cars»). Order trap: in English the usual order is opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material: «a lovely big old round red French wooden table». Do not confuse with adverbs, which describe verbs: «a quick run» (adjective), «run quickly» (adverb).

### In the corpora

- [Lily lists adjectives: big, red, happy, quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/7/)
- [An adjective describes a noun: a big dog, a red hat, a friendly girl.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/22/)
- [An adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb: she ran quickly, very tall, super fun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/23/)
- [Adjectives describe nouns and adverbs often describe verbs, but nouns and verbs carry most of a picture.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/16/)
- [An adjective goes plural with its noun: les yeux bleus, les chats noirs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adjective» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjective/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.