function word

Noun
  1. A word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning (synset 106302098)
    is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    subtypes:
    • determinative, determiner - one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
    • preposition - a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
    • pronoun - a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
    • conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative - an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
    • particle - a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
    has: grammatical meaning - the meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional form
    same as: closed-class word

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