Definition of Modifiers

1. Noun. (plural of modifier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Modifiers

1. modifier [n] - See also: modifier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Modifiers

modified bitumen
modified bitumens
modified chest thrust
modified chest thrusts
modified milk
modified radical mastectomy
modified sit-ups
modified starch
modified zinc oxide-eugenol cement
modifieds
modifier
modifier gene
modifier key
modifier keys
modifiers
modifies
modify
modifying
modii
modillion
modillions
modiolar
modioli
modiolus
modiomorphid
modiomorphids
modish
modishest
modishly

Literary usage of Modifiers

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

1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"The subordinate elements of a sentence are called modifiers. ... Attributive adjective modifiers, which modify a noun or pronoun. 2. Modifiers of the verb, ..."

2. An Advanced English Grammar: With Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley (1913)
"Point out any modifiers of complements in the sentences called for in Exercise ... Introduce other modifiers of complements if you can without injuring the ..."

3. Written and Spoken English: A Course in Composition and Rhetoric by Erle Elsworth Clippinger (1918)
"Modifiers From our study of sentence structure we have learned that a modifier ... Adjectival modifiers, possessive modifiers, and appositive modifiers may ..."

4. A Practical Introduction to Latin Composition: For Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1877)
"Modifiers of Verb Predicate — Objective Modifiers, Adverbial Modifiers. ... Modifiers of Predicate Adjective. 356. V. Position of Modifiers in the Sentence. ..."

5. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"PHRASES AS Modifiers. 132. In analyzing sentences we have already seen that the ... Obviously, therefore, among the modifiers of the subject there may occur ..."

6. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"2) When the verbal form comes last, the preceding modifiers frequently suggest its idea, which is therefore in the mind of the listener by the time the verb ..."

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