n
(grammar) A form of plural in which the referent is a collection of those items to which the stem itself refers (within a given frame of reference).
adj
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
v
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
n
additional signification
n
(formal or dated) A name, title, or designation.
adj
Relating to appellation or naming.
n
(rhetoric) Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
n
The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.
n
(grammar) A form of plural — typically used with a name, title or kinship term — which collectively refers to all those people associated with the referent (within the given frame of reference).
adj
Relating to attributes.
n
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
n
That to which something is attributed; a target of attribution.
n
(obsolete) One bearing the same name; a namesake.
v
(formal, transitive) To name.
n
(rare) The usage of commas.
v
To give (something) a secondary name.
adj
(rare) Having the same signification; synonymous.
adj
(linguistics) Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
n
The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
v
(grammar) To exhibit coreference; to refer to the same thing.
n
One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
adj
(linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things
n
(usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
adj
Serving to define; acting as a definition.
n
A demonstrative pronoun.
n
(uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
n
One who gives a name to something.
n
The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
adj
That denotes or names; designative.
adj
Serving to denote something.
n
(grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
n
A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
n
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of desubstantival. [(grammar) Deriving from a noun; denominal, denominative.]
adj
In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.
n
(obsolete) A brief concluding summary.
adj
That has been given a definite format
n
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
adj
of, or relating to an illation.
adj
Relating to interlocution; conversational.
n
A qualification in interpreting
v
Used before a verb to indicate the adversative passive voice.
adj
Defined or described (as).
adj
Relating to manifestation.
n
A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
v
(transitive) Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
v
to make such a literal translation.
v
To intentionally give someone the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.
v
(idiomatic) To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.
adj
Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
n
A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.
adj
Giving a name; naming; designating.
n
(semantics) Something that is named; the referent of a name or noun.
n
(computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
n
Abbreviation of person. [A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.]
n
(authorship) The fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
n
A decontextualized quotation from a document (often, but not always, a book of the Bible) to establish a proposition rhetorically through an appeal to authority.
n
(poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of reflexive. [(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.]
n
(grammar) Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.
n
A type of sequel which portrays events that occur at the same time as the original work, but with different characters in a different setting
n
(Early Modern, rare) signification, meaning
n
Alternative form of signifiance [(Early Modern, rare) signification, meaning]
adj
Relating to significs.
n
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
n
(logic) One of several things signified by a common term.
n
The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
adj
significant; having signification
n
A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
adj
(grammar) Serving to specify something.
n
(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
n
A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
n
(semantics) A definition in which a new or extant term is given a new meaning for the purposes of argument or discussion in a given context.
n
Abbreviation of subjunctive. [(countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.]
adj
(military, of a rank or appointment) actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
v
To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
n
A hypothesis or conjecture.
n
(rhetoric) A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
adj
Existing in name only; nominal.
adj
(of a verb in an Algonquian language) Belonging to the class of transitive verbs that take animate direct objects.
v
(used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
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