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subjectlike

subjectlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a subject.

Adjective

subjectlike (comparative more subjectlike, superlative most subjectlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
    • The reason is that it is difficult to find imperatives which take a subjectlike oblique noun phrase.2011, Toril Swan, Endre Mørck, Olaf Jansen, Language Change and Language Structure, page 171

Forms of subjectlike

comparativemore subjectlike
superlativemost subjectlike

Origin of subjectlike

From subject + -like.

Words formed from subjectlike

Questions about subjectlike

What does subjectlike mean?
Subjectlike means resembling or characteristic of a subject.
What part of speech is subjectlike?
Subjectlike is an adjective.

Words near subjectlike in the dictionary

  1. subjectivizes
  2. subjectivizing
  3. subjectless
  4. subjectlessly
  5. subjectlessness
  6. subjectlike
  7. subjectness
  8. subjector
  9. subjectors
  10. subjects
  11. subjectship

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