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| has gloss | (noun) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb modifier, qualifier |
| lexicalization | eng: modifier |
| lexicalization | eng: qualifier |
| subclass of | (noun) a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned content word, open-class word |
| has subclass | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" intensifier, intensive |
| has subclass | (noun) a word that expresses an attribute of something adjective |
| has subclass | (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun adverb |
| has subclass | (noun) a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' dangling modifier, misplaced modifier |
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| part of | (noun) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence phrase |
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