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(grammar) In Semitic languages, the "adjective of superiority." In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the . How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of "greatest", "supreme."
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The elative of (ARchar, كبيØ~+mn~) (kabí:r, "big") is (ARchar, اكبØ~+mn~, أكبØ~+mn~) ("í¡kbar, "bigger/biggest", "greater/greatest").
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(grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases. The elative case is a noun case that expresses "out of," as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian hí¡zból ("out of the house"). Its opposite is the illative case ("into").
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(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- Something small.
an of doubt
- A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
be in one's own
- A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
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(set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan at football matches.
- A short form of heating element, a component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
The in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
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- In a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval.
- Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
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If he is sometimes and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us -- w:Edmund Wilson, Edmund Wilson
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(linguistics) A clitic which joins with the preceding word. In English, the possessive 's is an example.
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- A termination or conclusion.
- The last part of something.
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(grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
verb-
(present participle of, end)
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(grammar) (of a phrase, or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role a one of its constituents e.g. the noun "houseboat" because "boat" is also a noun
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- An epicene person, thing or word.
adjective
- lack of gender distinction, often specifically due to lack of the masculine
- effeminate " a male with female characteristics;
- androgynous " having both male and female characteristics;
- asexual " having neither male nor female characteristics; and
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(linguistics) having only one form of the word for either male or female referents.
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(grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case
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(grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity
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adjective-
(grammar) (of a group of words) not having the same grammatical role as any of its constituent words
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Example: The adverbal phrase with great care contains no adverbs
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- A profane, vulgar or obscene oath
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(linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position
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Example: - It in It is snowing
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(linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning
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Example: - bloody in I'll give you a bloody good hiding.
adjective
- serving to fill up
- marked be expletives (phrase-fillers)
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