Definition of Grammatical construction

1. Noun. A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit. "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"

Exact synonyms: Construction, Expression
Specialized synonyms: Adjunct, Clause, Complement, Involution, Phrase, Predicator
Generic synonyms: Constituent, Grammatical Constituent
Antonyms: Misconstruction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grammatical Construction

grammarianisms
grammarians
grammarless
grammarlike
grammars
grammary
grammas
grammates
grammatic
grammatical
grammatical alternation
grammatical case
grammatical cases
grammatical category
grammatical constituent
grammatical construction (current term)
grammatical gender
grammatical meaning
grammatical mood
grammatical moods
grammatical person
grammatical persons
grammatical relation
grammatical rule
grammaticalise
grammaticalised
grammaticalises
grammaticalising
grammaticality
grammaticalization

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