Definition of Grammatical constituent

1. Noun. (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction.

Exact synonyms: Constituent
Category relationships: Grammar
Group relationships: Sentence
Specialized synonyms: Subject, Object, Ablative Absolute, Immediate Constituent, Construction, Expression, Grammatical Construction, Misconstruction, Term
Generic synonyms: Syntagm, Syntagma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grammatical Constituent

grammarianism
grammarianisms
grammarians
grammarless
grammarlike
grammars
grammary
grammas
grammates
grammatic
grammatical
grammatical alternation
grammatical case
grammatical cases
grammatical category
grammatical constituent (current term)
grammatical construction
grammatical gender
grammatical meaning
grammatical mood
grammatical moods
grammatical person
grammatical persons
grammatical relation
grammatical rule
grammaticalise
grammaticalised
grammaticalises
grammaticalising
grammaticality

Literary usage of Grammatical constituent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools by Johan Nikolai Madvig, George Woods (1857)
"... and that without its being necessary that any definite grammatical constituent of the proposition in which it is inserted (with the exception of the ..."

2. A Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools by Johan Nikolai Madvig (1856)
"... and that without its being necessary that any definite grammatical constituent of the proposition in which it is inserted (with the exception of the ..."

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