| NOUN | relation | complementation | the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | complementation, complementary distribution | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts |
| Meaning | The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | grammatical relation | A linguistic relation established by grammar |
| Spanish | complementación | |
| Meaning | (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | complementary distribution | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | distribution, dispersion | The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume |
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