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单词 function word
释义

function word


noun

a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
Also called form word.

Origin of function word

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby function word

function creep, functioning, function key, function shift, function space, function word, functor, fund, fundament, fundamental, fundamental bass
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British Dictionary definitions for function word

function word

noun

grammar a word, such as the, with a particular grammatical role but little identifiable meaningCompare content word, grammatical meaning
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