base
(ɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the component of a generative grammar containing the lexicon and phrase-structure rules that generate the deep structure of sentences.
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ps
(ʃəˈvɑl skiz, ʃə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
phrase structure.
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rock
(ɒk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a musical style derived in part from blues and folk music and marked by an accented beat and repetitive phrase structure.
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structure
Webster Dictionary
manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure
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slogan
(ˈsloʊ gən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a distinctive phrase or motto identified with a particular party, product, etc.; catchword or catch phrase.
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split infinitive
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an expression in which there is a word or phrase, usu. an adverb or adverbial phrase, between to and its accompanying verb form in an infinitive, as in
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transformational grammar
(ˌtræns fərˈmeɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a system of grammatical analysis, esp. a form of generative grammar, that posits the existence of deep structure and surface structure and uses a set of transformational rules to derive surface structure forms from deep structure.
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phrasal
Webster Dictionary
of the nature of a phrase; consisting of a phrase; as, a phrasal adverb
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homology
Webster Dictionary
correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure
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preposition
(preposition)
Princeton's WordNet
a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
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abbreviate
(əˈbri viˌeɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase.
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anagram
(anagram)
Princeton's WordNet
a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
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abbreviation
Webster Dictionary
the form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America
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rebus
(ˈri bəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
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incipit
(ˈɪn sɪ pɪt;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the introductory words or opening phrase of a text or an opening phrase in liturgical music.
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pro-form
(ˈproʊˌfɔrm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clause belonging to a given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace a noun or noun phrase, there used to replace an adverbial phrase of place, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in
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homologous
Webster Dictionary
being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates
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search engine
(ɜrtʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a computer program that searches documents, esp. on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or phrase and provides a list of documents in which this word or phrase is found.
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mondegreen
(ˈmɒn dɪˌgrin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard.
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anatomy
Webster Dictionary
the science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization
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imbrication
Webster Dictionary
an overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure
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shell
Webster Dictionary
any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house
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turret
Webster Dictionary
a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure
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structure
Webster Dictionary
arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence
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structural
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error
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cataphora
(əˈtæf ər ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows. Compare anaphora (def. 1)
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modifier
(ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction.
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constitution
Webster Dictionary
the state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation
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eozoon
Webster Dictionary
a peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure
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frame
Webster Dictionary
anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure
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