Meaning | A content word that qualifies the meaning / meaning of a noun or verb. |
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Synonym | modifier |
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Part of | phrase | An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
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Narrower | adjective | A word that expresses an attribute of something |
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adverb | A word that modifies something other than a noun |
dangling modifier, misplaced modifier | A word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence |
intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
Broader | content word, open-class word | A word to which an independent meaning / meaning can be assigned |
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Spanish | modificador |
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Catalan | modificador |
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Verbs | qualify | add a modifier to a constituent |
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