Progressive, is an adjective describing nouns like: deterioration, development and disease
An adjective is a part of speech, that describes a noun. It enriches a sentence by adding an additional information. There are several types of adjectives and different ways of creating them.
This page is devoted to the adjective progressive that illustrates nouns beginning with decrease. Sorting of these words is random. Furthermore the listed vocabulary is divided into five sections, just like our entire website. This particular section refers to General vocabulary. You may wonder what is a difference between Verbsearch and other comparable sites. The aim behind our website is to bring the search results as close to your requirements as possible. This means that for the purposes of a business study the vocabulary will be slightly different than for law works. We hope that this split will allow to find the most appropriate words. But if you are not fully satisfied with the search results, just check out the other category. Notice that the most common words are showed in the general section, but more specific ones you will find in the remaining four categories. Note, that if you want to check other nouns that are related to the word progressive click on a particular word. However, if you want to learn more about adjectives overall, read the text below.
What exactly is an adjective
Adjective is a word that illustrates and converts a noun. This part of speech gives more details about a specific person, a place or a thing. Its role is to enrich a noun. However, it can significantly change the meaning of a described noun.
See examples blow:
• The opposite meaning, adjectives change the meaning of a noun: an ideal example vs a bad example
• More details, adjectives enrich a noun with detailed, the descriptive information: a dry and hot weather
• A different meaning, each adjective describes a noun with a different but not opposite meaning: a huge dog or a beautiful dog
So, in other words, adjective provides details of a state or quality of the described noun. It gathers and shows information about object, size, colour, age, shape, origin and many more.
Creating an adjective
This part of speech is formed in various ways. Some adjectives are built by adding a suffix –able to a verb, eg: remarkable. Other consist of a noun and –ful at the end, like peaceful. Some suffixes with examples are listed below.
• - al: historical
• - ary: literary
• - ish: selfish
• - ic: athletic
• - less: pointless
• - ous: generous
• - ive: effective
Adjective types
There are several types of adjectives, among others:
• Descriptive:
◦ (size): giant
◦ (color): purple
◦ (opinion): purple
◦ (age): scary
◦ (shape): 10-year-old
• Quantitative: triangle
• Nationality: Estonian
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Last updated: Nov 8, 2024
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