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function word

/ˈfʌŋkʃən wɜːrd/

Traduction: Mot qui a peu de sens lexical propre, mais qui sert à exprimer des relations grammaticales avec d'autres mots dans la phrase, comme les prépositions, les conjonctions, les articles et les auxiliaires.

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C1formalcommon/ˈfʌŋkʃən wɜːrd/

A word that has little lexical meaning but serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, such as prepositions, conjunctions, articles, and auxiliary verbs.

  • 🇫🇷Mot qui a peu de sens lexical propre, mais qui sert à exprimer des relations grammaticales avec d'autres mots dans la phrase, comme les prépositions, les conjonctions, les articles et les auxiliaires.
  1. Grammatical term C1 formal

    A word that has little lexical meaning but serves to express grammatical relationships between other words in a sentence.

    • Prepositions like 'in' and 'on' are function words.
    • Articles such as 'the' and 'a' are considered function words.
    • Conjunctions like 'and' and 'but' are examples of function words.

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