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function word

noun

1 function word

A word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning.

synonym: closed-class word.

is a specific kind of: word.

is a broader term that covers: determinative, determiner | preposition | pronoun | conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative | particle.

has as a part: grammatical meaning.

Dutch: functiewoord

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