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modifier
has definitions from the fields of grammar,linguistics,chemistry
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[ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
Synonyms Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)The misplaced modifier is another species more honored in the observance of obscurity than in the breach . When radio came_in , it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device . In recent years gagwriters have discovered this brand of blunder and thus the misplaced modifier has acquired a new habitat in the gagline . Apart from misplaced modifiers and headlinese , journalism contributes a wide variety of comic ambiguities in both editorial and advertising matter . Related terms content_word adjective dangling_modifier adverb intensifier phrase |
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[ noun ] a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
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[ noun ] a person who changes something
Synonyms Examples "an inveterate changer of the menu" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
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