
Meaning of HEAD WORD
| Pronunciation: | | hed wurd
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- [n] (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
- [n] a word that is qualified by a modifier
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| | Synonyms: | | head, headword |
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| | See Also: | | content word, open-class word, phrase, word | |
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