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Head Word

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
headhead wordheadword
alternatephrasing
Headword
plural
Head Words
possessive
Head Word's
pluralpossessive
Head Words'