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Head Word

nounid 70620·updated May 18, 2026
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(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
§2
a content word that can be qualified by a modifier

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