0 (of the position or use of an adjective, noun, or phrase) before a noun:
In "a sudden movement", "sudden" is an adjective in the attributive position.
In "the television aerial", "television" is a noun used in an attributive way.
1 of an adjective, noun, pronoun, or phrase placed before the noun it describes:
When it is used as an attributive adjective, you write 'long-distance' with a hyphen.
You often see 'dog' used in an attributive way, for example in 'dog basket' and 'dog food'.
The adjective in the phrase 'my black boots' is attributive.
A noun that is in an attributive position can also be called a 'modifier'.
The graph on the left refers exclusively to the critical context of single attributive instances, and the graph on the right comprises all other instances.
The man who builds skyscrapers must be happy favours an attributive reading.
In particular, singulative once is incompatible with determiners and attributive adjectives.
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