NOUN | relation | complementation | the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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