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function word
noun
(func-tion word)
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
Synonyms:
closed-class word,
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closed-class word
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noun phrase
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content word
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parelcon
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verb phrase
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major form class
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verbify
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relative clause
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reflexive verb
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word form
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demonstrative pronoun
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adnominal
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anthimeria
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adnoun
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common noun
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nounize
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direct object
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indefinite pronoun
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orthotone
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relative pronoun
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subjunction
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objective case
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independent clause
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verb
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concrete noun
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reciprocal pronoun
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adposition
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prepositive
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predeterminer
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main clause
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verbal noun
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phrasal verb
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prepositional phrase
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auxiliary verb
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imparisyllabic
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complex sentence
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genitival
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count noun
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noun
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grammatical case
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modal auxiliary
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nominative case
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prepositionally
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language unit
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subject case
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genitive case
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compound sentence
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epanadiplosis
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accusative case
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mass noun
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parisyllabic
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pronoun
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pronominally
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indirect object
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heteroclitic
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nounal
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adverb
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present participle
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nominalize
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transitive verb
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gerundial
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set phrase
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paragoge
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apocope
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aptote
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paronym
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dependent clause
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apocopation
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ecthlipsis
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metaplasm
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figure of speech
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phrase
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adverbiality
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simple sentence
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alpha privative
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intransitive verb
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rhetorical device
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sememe
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formal language
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syllabism
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paragogic
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proper noun
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participially
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possessive case
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active voice
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tagmeme
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polyseme
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past participle
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verbarium
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dorism
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