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Function Word

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Noun

1. closed-class word, function word

a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

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Function Word

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noun
grammar
a word, such as the, with a particular grammatical role but little identifiable meaning
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Function Word

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a word, as an article or conjunction, having little or no lexical meaning but used to show syntactic relation

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Function Word

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n.
A word, such as a preposition, a conjunction, or an article, that has little semantic content of its own and chiefly indicates a grammatical relationship. Also called form word, functor.

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