SPECIFIER

specifier

(noun) someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

specifier (plural specifiers)

A person or thing that specifies.

(linguistics) A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

Coordinate terms

(component of a phrase):

• adjunct

• complement

• head

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

5 May 2025

UNEXPLOITED

(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”


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