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
- noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
- verb To complete or improve something by adding a matching or contrasting quality.
qualifier — full definition
- noun One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
- noun A preliminary stage of a competition.
- 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.
- noun A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.