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modifier
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun modifier has 4 senses
- modifier(n = noun.communication) qualifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; Array is a kind of content word, open-class word
- modifier(n = noun.person) Array - a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising; Array is a kind of moderator
- modifier(n = noun.person) changer - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- modifier(n = noun.body) modifier gene - a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; Array is a kind of cistron, factor, gene
is a part of phrase
has particulars: intensifier, intensive, adjective, adverb, dangling modifier, misplaced modifier
Derived form verb modify2
has particulars: adulterator, normaliser, normalizer, standardiser, standardizer
Derived form verb modify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
modifier, n.
- One who, or that which, modifies. Hume. [1913 Webster]
- A word or phrase that modifies another word, phrase, or sentence, usually by limiting the scope or restricting the meaning of the sentence element modified. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
modifier, n.
1 a person or thing that modifies.
2 Gram. a word, esp. an adjective or noun used attributively, that qualifies the sense of another word (e.g. good and family in a good family house).
1 a person or thing that modifies.
2 Gram. a word, esp. an adjective or noun used attributively, that qualifies the sense of another word (e.g. good and family in a good family house).
THESAURUS
modifier
IC analysis, agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, appositive, attribute, attributive, catalyst, catalytic agent, complement, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, direct object, ferment, filler, form-function unit, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, innovationist, innovator, introducer, leaven, levels, modificator, object, phrase structure, precursor, predicate, qualifier, ranks, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, transformer, transmogrifier, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order, yeast
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