Definitions for ultimate constituent

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ul′timate constit′uent(n.)

  1. one of the elements of a linguistic construction, as a morpheme, that cannot be further divided into constituents.

    Category: Grammar

    Ref: Compare immediate constituent.

Origin of ultimate constituent:

1930–35


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