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单词 immediate constituent
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immediate constituent


noun Grammar.

one of the usually two largest constituents of a construction: The immediate constituents of He ate his dinner are he and ate his dinner; of ate his dinner are ate and his dinner; etc. Abbreviation: IC
Compare ultimate constituent.

Origin of immediate constituent

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby immediate constituent

immediacy, immediate, immediate allergy, immediate annuity, immediate auscultation, immediate constituent, immediate denture, immediate flap, immediately, immediate percussion, immediate reaction
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British Dictionary definitions for immediate constituent

immediate constituent

noun

a constituent of a linguistic construction at the first step in an analysis; for example, the immediate constituents of a sentence are the subject and the predicate
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