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Closed-Class Word

nounid 33406·updated May 18, 2026
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a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
function word
plural
Closed-Class Words
possessive
Closed-Class Word's
pluralpossessive
Closed-Class Words'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

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