English words for '(grammar) Syntax beyond the clause level.'
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noun
- (grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.
- (gymnastics, dance) In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
- The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
- (materials science) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
- (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
- a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
noun
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A part, or component of a whole.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- (education) Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
- (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- (palaeography) A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
- (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- (rhetoric) Symploce.
- (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
- a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
adj
verb
adj
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
noun
prefix
noun
- (grammar) A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the intended meaning.
- 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’
noun
- (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
- (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
- The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
- (botany) A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
- (linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
- (linguistics, rare) A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
adj
- Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
- (botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
- progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
- used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
adj
noun
adj
noun
noun
- A complicated grammatical construction.
- (neologism) A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
- (biology) The migration of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at gastrulation during embryogenesis.
- (medicine) The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
- Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
- (physiology) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
- (mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
- (economics, social sciences, of a society or nation) A cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
- the action of enfolding something
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
- a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
noun
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.
- (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
adj
- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
- Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’)
verb
noun
- (grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
- (linguistics) A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
- a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
verb
- (grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
- (transitive) To translate.
- (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
- (transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
- To infer.
- (grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
noun
noun
- the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- a word that modifies something other than a noun
- (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
noun
noun
adj
noun
- (grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.
- (gymnastics, dance) In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
- The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
- (materials science) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
- (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
- a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
noun
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- A part, or component of a whole.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
adj
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.
- An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- (education) Ellipsis of adjunct professor.
- (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
- (palaeography) A graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of an adjective that modifies that logogram (rather than as a phonetic complement that disambiguates the logogram).
- (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
- A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
- (rhetoric) Symploce.
- (brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
- (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
- a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
adj
verb
noun
- (grammar) A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, possibly causing confusion with regard to the intended meaning.
- 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’
noun
- (linguistics) Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
- (logic) One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
- The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
- (botany) A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
- (linguistics) An adverbial that expresses the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the associated clause or sentence.
- (linguistics, rare) A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
adj
- Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
- (botany) Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
- progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
- used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
noun
- A complicated grammatical construction.
- (neologism) A state of increased competition for limited resources, requiring great effort to stay ahead.
- (biology) The migration of a cell layer inward, sliding over an outer layer of cells. It occurs at gastrulation during embryogenesis.
- (medicine) The shrinking of an organ (such as the uterus) to a former size.
- Entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy.
- (physiology) The regressive changes in the body occurring with old age.
- (mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
- (economics, social sciences, of a society or nation) A cessation of development or progress involving intense inner competition.
- the action of enfolding something
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)
- a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
noun
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
- (grammar, countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.
- (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
adj
- Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
- Pulled taut, without any slack.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
- Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’)
verb
noun
- (grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
- (linguistics) A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
- a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
noun
- the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- a word that modifies something other than a noun
- (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
noun
noun
adj
adj
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
noun
verb
- (grammar, ergative) To admit of grammatical analysis.
- (transitive) To translate.
- (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
- (transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
- To infer.
- (grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
noun
adj
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Descending in a regular series.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- lower in rank or importance
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient