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| adj. |
abbreviation of "adjective," in grammar, a word that modifies a noun or noun equivalent. |
| adjective |
in grammar, a word that modifies a noun or noun equivalent. [1/2 definitions] |
| agreement |
in grammar, correspondence between the number, person, or grammatical gender of two syntactically connected words, esp.that of subject and verb or adjective and noun. [1/5 definitions] |
| appellative |
a common noun. [2/4 definitions] |
| apposition |
in grammar, the relationship, esp. of the second to the first, of two nouns or noun equivalents that are placed together in a sentence without a connecting conjunction, as in "Ed Smith, the famous athlete". [1/3 definitions] |
| appositive |
in grammar, a word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun and is placed, without a conjunction, immediately after a noun or noun equivalent that refers to the same person, place, or thing, such as "a devoted scholar" in "my mother, a devoted scholar". [1/2 definitions] |
| capital letter |
a letter of the alphabet written or printed larger than and in a somewhat different form from its lower-case equivalent and used to designate a proper noun or initiate a sentence. |
| case1 |
in grammar, the syntactical relationship of a noun, pronoun, or adjective to other words in a sentence, indicated by its inflection or its position in the sentence. [1/9 definitions] |
| collective |
of a noun, singular in its apparent form but denoting a group of things or persons. [1/4 definitions] |
| common noun |
a noun, such as "boy," "poodle," or "town," that refers to a class, or to an unspecified member of a class, of persons, places, things, or the like, and that is often preceded by an article. (Cf. proper noun.) |
| declension |
in grammar, the process of listing systematically the inflected forms of an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun by categories such as case, gender, and number. [2/3 definitions] |
| decline |
in grammar, to list systematically all the inflected forms of (a noun, adjective, or pronoun). [1/10 definitions] |
| definite article |
in English grammar, the article "the," which restricts or particularizes the noun or noun equivalent that it modifies. (Cf. indefinite article.) |
| denominative |
of or denoting a word, usu. a verb, derived from a noun or adjective. [1/3 definitions] |
| dependent clause |
a clause that is syntactically not a complete sentence and is used typically as an attachment to an independent clause. A dependent clause adds additional meaning to the independent clause and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
| determiner |
in grammar, a word, such as "a," "that," and "many," that in languages such as English often occurs before a noun or noun phrase and limits its range of application. [1/2 definitions] |
| functional shift |
a temporary or permanent change in the grammatical function of a word, such as the use of the noun "fax" as a verb in "We'll fax it to you". |
| genitive |
a word, usu. a noun or pronoun, or phrase marked by this case. [1/3 definitions] |
| ger. |
abbreviation of "gerund," in English, a form derived from a verb by the addition of the suffix "-ing" that functions as a noun. |
| gerund |
in English, a form derived from a verb by the addition of the suffix "-ing" that functions as a noun. |
| great |
being one generation more distant that the relation that is specified (used only in combination with a following noun). [1/8 definitions] |
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