Sentence structure

a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "‘The…

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "‘The…

a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

of or relating to or functioning as an adverb; "adverbial syntax"

a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective…

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doub…

the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"

the object that receives the direct action of the verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "‘The b…

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "‘The b…

one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

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

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective…

(logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the secon…

one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence

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

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

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

a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM receiv…

an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; "IBM receiv…

a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

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

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

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

a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all mornin…

a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he…

a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he…

an ungrammatical constituent

an expression in parentheses; "his writing was full of parentheticals"

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

a word that expresses an attribute of something

a word that modifies something other than a noun

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

a newly invented word or phrase

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "‘won't’ is a contraction of ‘will not’"; "‘o'clock’ is a contraction…

a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function

a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication…

a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or a…

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "‘electricity’ is a derivative of ‘electric’"

a word that is formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness

a word having two syllables

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a wor…

two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word ‘bow’ is an example of a heteronym"

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings

a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., ‘monolingual’ has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

an order for goods to be exported or imported

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier"; "‘honestly’ in ‘I hon…

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier"; "‘honestly’ in ‘I hon…

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

a word or utterance of one syllable

a newly invented word or phrase

a newly invented word or phrase

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…

word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling

word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

a word of more than three syllables

a phrase beginning with a preposition

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "‘pick’ is the primitive from which ‘picket’ is derived"

a phrase that functions as a pronoun

word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’)

(logic) a word (such as ‘some’ or ‘all’ or ‘no’) that binds the variables in a logical proposition

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"

a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

a clause introduced by a relative pronoun; "‘who visits frequently’ is a relative clause in the sentence ‘John, who visits frequently, is ill’"

a repeated order for the same merchandise; "he's the one who sends out all the new orders and reorders"

a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

a word that is more specific than a given word

a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or a…

any word or group of words functioning as a noun

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

a word having three syllables

a word that is spoken aloud