immediate constituent

im·me·di·ate con·stit·u·ent

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Definitions of immediate constituent words

noun immediate constituent one of the usually two largest constituents of a construction: The immediate constituents of He ate his dinner are he and ate his dinner; of ate his dinner are ate and his dinner; etc. Abbreviation: IC. 1
noun immediate constituent a constituent of a linguistic construction at the first step in an analysis; for example, the immediate constituents of a sentence are the subject and the predicate 0
noun immediate constituent any of the meaningful hierarchical components into which a complex linguistic structure may be directly divided and which may in turn be subdivided 0

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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preposition

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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