Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RHEMATIC
Etymology
Noun
rhematic (countable and uncountable, plural rhematics)
(linguistics) The provision of new information regarding the current theme.
(chiefly linguistics, obsolete, rare) In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.
Adjective
rhematic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a rheme.
(linguistics) Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.
(Peircean semiotics) Of or pertaining to a sumisign (a sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark).
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to word formation.
(obsolete, rare) In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
(grammar, obsolete, rare) Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb.
Synonyms
• (derived from a verb): verbal
Anagrams
• Mechitar, athermic
Source: Wiktionary
Rhe*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Rhetoric.] (Gram.)
Definition: Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives. Ftzed. Hall.
Rhe*mat"ic, n.
Definition: The doctrine of propositions or sentences. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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