Definition of Sentential function

1. Noun. Formal expression containing variables; becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants.

Generic synonyms: Expression, Formula

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentential Function

sentence element
sentence fragment
sentence fragments
sentence stress
sentence structure
sentenced
sentencer
sentencers
sentences
sentencewise
sentencing
sentencings
sententia
sententiae
sentential
sentential function (current term)
sententiality
sententially
sententiaries
sententiary
sententiosities
sententiosity
sententious
sententiously
sententiousness
senteries
sentery
sentest
senti

Literary usage of Sentential function

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

1. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1906)
"Its sentential function in this connection is that of the conjunction. The question is, Is the use of ..."

2. A Treatise on Bookkeeping and Stenography by International Correspondence Schools (1899)
"It has no inflections, and no sentential function; hence, in parsing, it is sufficient to state merely that it is an interjection. 49. ..."

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