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complementizer
[ kom-pluh-muhn-tahy-zer ]
/ ˈkɒm plə mənˌtaɪ zər /
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noun Linguistics.
an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for … to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive …-ing in Barbara's leaving so early worried them.
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complementizer
/ (ˈkɒmplɪmənˌtaɪzə) /
noun
generative grammar a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
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