Specialist dictionary

Agreement and reference

Subject–verb agreement, number, person, pronoun reference and grammatical concord.

Core vocabulary

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Agreeverb

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"…

Agreementnoun

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"

Antecedentnoun

the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

Concordverb

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"…

Concurverb

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"…

Correspondencenoun

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"

Grammaticaladjective

conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"

Holdverb

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"…

Numbernoun

the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or d…

Number agreementnoun

agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)

Personnoun

a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the spe…

Person agreementnoun

agreement in person between pronouns and verbs

Pluraladjective

grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units

Pronounnoun

a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

Singularadjective

being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be…

Subjectnoun

(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

Verbnoun

the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

Well-formedadjective

conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"

Gendernoun

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite a…

Grammatical gendernoun

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite a…

Referencenoun

the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes"

Arrangeverb

make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

Auxiliary verbnoun

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

Concedeverb

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

Conciliateverb

come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

Concludeverb

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Conformancenoun

correspondence in form or appearance

Conformitynoun

correspondence in form or appearance

Demonstrativenoun

a pronoun that points out an intended referent

First personnoun

pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur

Grantverb

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

Infinitivenoun

the uninflected form of the verb

Intransitivenoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Intransitive verbnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Intransitive verb formnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Participialnoun

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Participlenoun

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Reconcileverb

come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

Relative pronounnoun

a pronoun (as ‘that’ or ‘which’ or ‘who’) that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

Resolveverb

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Settleverb

end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled"

Settleverb

come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

Subscribeverb

adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"

Supportverb

adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"

Third personnoun

pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur

Transitivenoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Transitive verbnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Transitive verb formnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Yieldverb

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

Femininenoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Masculinenoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Neuternoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)

Agreeverb

achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"

Dualadjective

a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "ancient Greek…

Individualadjective

being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual…

Singleadjective

being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual…