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määre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • complement noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
  • qualifier noun One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.

Senses

määre is used for these senses in English:

  • complement (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]
  • qualifier (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.

complement — full definition

  1. noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
  2. verb To complete or improve something by adding a matching or contrasting quality.

qualifier — full definition

  1. noun One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  2. noun A preliminary stage of a competition.
  3. noun A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  4. noun A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.

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