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attriters

attriters is the plural of attriter.

Meaning of attriter

Noun

attriter (plural attriters)

  1. One who, or that which, attrites.
  2. One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
    • Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Q52147493 (Q52147493) (2004), First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological...

Questions about attriters

What is attriters the plural of?
Attriters is the plural of attriter.

Words near attriters in the dictionary

  1. attrited
  2. attritee
  3. attritees
  4. attriteness
  5. attriter
  6. attriters
  7. attrites
  8. attriting
  9. attrition
  10. attrition bias
  11. attrition damage

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