Definitions for modifiers

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modifiers mod·i·fi·er

Spelling: [mod-uh-fahy-er]

IPA: /ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ ər/

Modifiers is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 377 anagrams from letters in modifiers (defiimors).

Definitions for modifiers

noun

1. a person or thing that modifies.
2. Grammar. a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction. the immediate constituent of an endocentric construction that is not the head.

Origin of modifiers

First recorded in 1575-85; modify + -er¹

Examples for modifiers

The simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase without its modifiers.

If the verb is a complete verb, its only modifiers will be adverbs or adverb phrases.

The modifiers of the subject are either adjectives or adjective phrases.

The noun or pronoun which is the object of a preposition may also have its modifiers.

The complete predicate of a sentence is the simple predicate with all of its modifiers.

The complete subject of a sentence is the simple subject with all of its modifiers.

The modifiers in a simple sentence are always words or phrases.

Clauses and modifiers must be attached in a way that cannot be overlooked.

Since pronouns are used in place of nouns, they may have modifiers, also, just as nouns do.

Nouns are adjectives, subjects disagree with objects, modifiers dangle, malapropisms abound.