Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presubject

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sub-ject
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.

Example Sentences

"Presubject elements may be conjunctions, prepositional groups, nonfinite clauses, or whole dependent clauses that precede the grammatical subject of the main clause."
"Tense/aspect/mood (tam) particles furnish a broad range of conjugation patterns (i.e. patterns in which verb stem can appear) and can be subdivided into two positional classes of preverbal and presubject particles."
"These may occur in presubject position, prepredicate position, within the verb phrase, preceding equated attributives, and final to the clause."

Etymology

From pre- + subject.

Inflected Forms

pre-subject (alternative)

Antonyms

postsubject

Questions

What does presubject mean?: Occurring before the subject in a sentence or expression.
Where does presubject come from?: From pre- + subject.

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