Meaning | A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit. |
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Synonyms | construction, expression |
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Narrower | adjunct | A construction that can be used to extend the meaning / meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence |
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clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
complement | A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction |
involution | A long / long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction |
phrase | An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
predicator | An expression that predicates |
Broader | constituent, grammatical constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger / larger grammatical construction |
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Opposite | misconstruction | An ungrammatical constituent |
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Spanish | construcción |
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Catalan | construcció |
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