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Bestimmungswort — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • modifier noun One who, or that which, modifies.

Senses

Bestimmungswort is used for these senses in English:

  • modifier (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

modifier — full definition

  1. noun One who, or that which, modifies.
  2. noun A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
  3. noun A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
  4. noun Ellipsis of modifier key.

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