| ADJECTIVE | all | limiting, confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting | restricting the scope or freedom of action |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | limiting | strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | |
| NOUN | relation | limiting, modification, qualifying | the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning / meaning of the phrase |
| Sounds | lih'mahtihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | restricting the scope or freedom of action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting | |
| Broader | restrictive | Serving to restrict |
| Spanish | constrictivo, limitador, restrictivo | |
| Meaning | strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | restrictive | Serving to restrict |
| Spanish | restrictivo | |
| Meaning | The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning / meaning of the phrase. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | modification, qualifying | |
| Narrower | apposition | A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows |
| restrictiveness | A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning / meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning / meaning than 'hat') | |
| Broader | grammatical relation | A linguistic relation established by grammar |
| Spanish | modificación | |
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