modifier

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Singular
modifier

Plural
modifiers

  1. (countable) (grammar) A modifier is usually an optional word or phrase, describing the degree, quality, manner, frequency, etc. of something.
    The word black is the modifier in the phrase a black cat.
    The word quickly is the modifier in the clause he quickly arrived.


Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause