Head Word
nounid
70620·updated May 18, 2026verified
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
polysemousMWE
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_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
- §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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituentDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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Incoming relationships
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