modifier
[ mod-uh-fahy-er ]
/ ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ ər /
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noun
a person or thing that modifies.
Grammar.
- a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction.
- the immediate constituent of an endocentric construction that is not the head.
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British Dictionary definitions for modifier
modifier
/ (ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪə) /
noun
Also called: qualifier grammar a word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another word; for example, the noun alarm is a modifier of clock in alarm clock and the phrase every day is an adverbial modifier of walks in he walks every day
a person or thing that modifies
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Cultural definitions for modifier
modifier
A word or group of words that describes or limits a verb, noun, adjective, or adverb. Modifiers applied to nouns are adjectives. Modifiers applied to verbs or adjectives are adverbs. Those that are applied to adverbs themselves are also called adverbs.
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