ADJECTIVE | all | limiting, confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting | restricting the scope or freedom of action |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | restricting the scope or freedom of action. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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