function word

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Synonyms: function words

Antonyms: function words

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including [[conjunction]]s, [[preposition]]s, [[pronoun]]s, [[auxiliary verb]]s, certain frequent [[adverb]]s.

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