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Bestimmungswort — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • modifier noun A person or thing that changes something.

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 A person or thing that changes something.
  2. noun (grammar) A word or group of words that adds detail to, or narrows the meaning of, another word.
  3. noun (computing) A word added to code to change or limit what it does.
  4. noun Short for modifier key.
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