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a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
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compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.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…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.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…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.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…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (sin…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indica…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.agreement in person between pronouns and verbs
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Agreement and reference.conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must no…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a dim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Her…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "‘red’ is an attributive adjective in ‘a red apple’"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.(linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.; "While l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grammatical, category, inflected, languages, governing.(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
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