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startwords

startwords is the plural of startword.

Meaning of startword

Noun

startword (plural startwords)

  1. A string of letters that identifies the beginning of a valid sequence in a specified language.
    • In fact, a set of metarules and a set of hyperrules is given whose power exceeds by far this example and only the choice of a specific hyperrule for the startword restricts it to this example.1981, Mathematisch Centrum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Afdeling Informatica, Report IW - Issues 181-190
  2. The first appearance of a genre in print.
    • It was the translation of Ovid, Lucan, Seneca, and Virgil that gave English Elizabethan poetry the startword.1875, THE CORHILL MAGAZINE , VOL XXXII, page 191

Questions about startwords

What is startwords the plural of?
Startwords is the plural of startword.

Words near startwords in the dictionary

  1. startupper
  2. startuppers
  3. startuppy
  4. startups
  5. startword
  6. startwords
  7. Startz
  8. Staruh
  9. Starukh
  10. staruosporine
  11. starust

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