context-free

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Synonyms: context free, content-free, content free

Antonyms: context free, content-free, content free

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} (Of a [[grammar]]) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point does not depend on the rest of the sentence
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} (Of a [[formal language]]) which can be decided by a [[pushdown automaton]] or a [[context-free]] grammar (sense 1)

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