content word (Q7359)
word that name objects of reality and their qualities, e.g. living things, family members, natural phenomena, common actions, characteristics; mostly nouns (“dog”), lexical verbs (“eat”), adjectives (“happy”), and adverbs (“happily“)
- content words
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | content word |
word that name objects of reality and their qualities, e.g. living things, family members, natural phenomena, common actions, characteristics; mostly nouns (“dog”), lexical verbs (“eat”), adjectives (“happy”), and adverbs (“happily“) |
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