{
    "term": "adjective",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, blue and clever in a big house, blue sky and a clever idea",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Reliable’ is not an adjective that could be applied to my car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘My’ is a possessive adjective."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adjectives qualify nouns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attributive adjectives precede the noun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Predicative adjectives follow the noun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "adjectives describing texture"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["describe", "modify", "qualify"],
                "verb + adjective": ["apply"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈædʒɪktɪv/",
                "audio": "ad/adjective/adjective__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈædʒɪktɪv/",
                "audio": "ad/adjective/adjective__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’."
}