grammatical constituent

grammatical constituent
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
Syn: ↑constituent
Topics: ↑grammar
Hypernyms: ↑syntagma, ↑syntagm
Hyponyms:
Part Holonyms: ↑sentence

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