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complementizers

complementizers is the plural of complementizer.

Meaning of complementizer

Noun

complementizer (plural complementizers)

  1. A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
    • Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction

Questions about complementizers

What is complementizers the plural of?
Complementizers is the plural of complementizer.

Words near complementizers in the dictionary

  1. complementising
  2. complementization
  3. complementize
  4. complementized
  5. complementizer
  6. complementizers
  7. complementizes
  8. complementizing
  9. complementoid
  10. complementoids
  11. complementological

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