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specifiers

specifiers is the plural of specifier.

Meaning of specifier

Noun

specifier (plural specifiers)

  1. A person or thing that specifies.
    • The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68
  2. A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

Phrases with specifiers

Questions about specifiers

What is specifiers the plural of?
Specifiers is the plural of specifier.

Words near specifiers in the dictionary

  1. specificnesses
  2. specifics
  3. specified
  4. specifiedness
  5. specifier
  6. specifiers
  7. specifies
  8. specifism
  9. specifist
  10. specifists
  11. specifity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: specifiers (page history and authors); specifier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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