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modifier - a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb |
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qualifier |
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content word,
open-class word a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
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phrase dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
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intensifier,
intensive a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
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adjective the word class that qualifies nouns
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adverb the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
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dangling modifier,
misplaced modifier a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
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modifier - a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene |
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cistron,
factor,
gene an independent variable in statistics
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modifier - a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising |
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moderator someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
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