COMPLEMENTIZER


Meaning of COMPLEMENTIZER in English

/kom"pleuh meuhn tuy'zeuhr/ , n. Ling.

an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for ... to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive ... -ing in Barbara's leaving so early worried them.

[ COMPLEMENT + -IZE + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .