the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
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not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech" - A.R.Dunlap
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satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage; "descri…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the discipline that studies the English language and literature
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
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any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.To improve the condition of, morally, physically, financially, socially, or otherwise.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.a socially awkward or tactless act
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.a socially awkward or tactless act
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: conforming, language, usage, prestige, group.
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