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coindexing

coindexing is the present participle and gerund of coindex.

Meaning of coindex

Verb

coindex (third-person singular simple present coindexes, present participle coindexing, simple past and past participle coindexed)

  1. (transitive) To index together; to mark (words in a phrase) as referring to the same thing.
    • In other words, if a coindexed pronoun is outside of the c-command domain of a QNP, coindexing between the two will be semantically vacuous.2005, Daniel Büring, Binding theory, page 91

Questions about coindexing

What is coindexing the present participle and gerund of?
Coindexing is the present participle and gerund of coindex.

Words near coindexing in the dictionary

  1. coincubation
  2. coincubations
  3. coindex
  4. coindexed
  5. coindexes
  6. coindexing
  7. coindicant
  8. coindication
  9. coindications
  10. coinduce
  11. coinduced

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