grammatical constituent

/grəˌmædəkəl kənˌstɪtʃʊənt/

Definitions of grammatical constituent

1. noun

   (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
   synonyms: constituent

   types:

   subject

   (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

   object

   (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon

   ablative absolute

   a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier

   immediate constituent

   a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate

   construction, expression, grammatical construction

   a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

   misconstruction

   an ungrammatical constituent

   term

   one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

   subject

   (logic) the first term of a proposition

   object of a preposition, prepositional object

   the object governed by a preposition

   direct object, object of the verb

   the object that receives the direct action of the verb

   indirect object

   the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

   retained object

   an object in a passive construction

   adjunct

   a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

   clause

   (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

   complement

   a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

   involution

   a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction

   phrase

   an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

   predicator

   an expression that predicates

   predicate

   (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula

   referent

   the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

   relatum

   a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition

   categorem, categoreme

   a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition

   major term

   the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion

   minor term

   the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion

   middle term

   the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion

   type of:

   syntagm, syntagma

   a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit