Construction and Grammatical constituent
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Construction
Construction noun - A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.
Usage example: I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner
Grammatical constituent and construction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grammatical constituent" instead a noun "Construction".
Grammatical constituent
Grammatical constituent noun - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction.
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Construction and grammatical constituent are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Construction" with "Grammatical constituent", this terms are similar.
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