HyperDic: grammatical_construction

English > 1 sense of the expression grammatical construction:
NOUNcommunicationgrammatical construction, construction, expressiona group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
English > grammatical construction: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
Synonymsconstruction, expression
NarroweradjunctA 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
clause(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
complementA word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
involutionA long / long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
phraseAn expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
predicatorAn expression that predicates
Broaderconstituent, grammatical constituent(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger / larger grammatical construction
OppositemisconstructionAn ungrammatical constituent
Spanishconstrucción
Catalanconstrucció

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