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reserve prenominal

 

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Reserve Prenominal

Definition:

The term "reserve prenominal" refers to a grammatical term used in linguistics to describe adjectives that typically occur before a noun to indicate a quality or attribute of the noun. These adjectives do not have a comparative or superlative form. They are also called nongradable adjectives.

Senses:

  1. Primary Sense: In linguistics, "reserve prenominal" describes an adjective that is placed before a noun to describe a characteristic without comparing the quality.

Examples:

  1. He always wears a red hat. (In this example, "red" is a reserve prenominal adjective describing the noun "hat.")
  2. She bought a small house. (In this example, "small" is a reserve prenominal adjective describing the noun "house.")

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