NONRESTRICTIVE

Meaning of NONRESTRICTIVE in English

/non'ri strik"tiv/ , adj.

1. not restrictive or limiting.

2. Gram. descriptive of a modified element rather than limiting of the element's meaning: a nonrestrictive modifier. Cf. restrictive (def. 4).

[ 1920-25; NON- + RESTRICTIVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

NONRESTRICTIVE — adjective Date: 1916 not restrictive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NONRESTRICTIVE — “+ adjective : not restrictive ; specifically : not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NONRESTRICTIVE — adj. not restrictive, without limitations
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NONRESTRICTIVE — adjective Date: 1916 : not restrictive ; specifically : not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NONRESTRICTIVE — [non.re.stric.tive] adj (1916): not restrictive; specif: not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
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NONRESTRICTIVE — nonrestrictive BrE AmE ˌnɒn ri ˈstrɪkt ɪv ◂ -rə- AmE \ ˌnɑːn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NONRESTRICTIVE — Synonyms and related words : broad-minded, culpably negligent, derelict, freethinking, inadvertent, inattentive, laissez-faire, latitudinarian, lax, liberal, libertarian, libertine, loose, neglectful, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NONRESTRICTIVE — adj. Pronunciation: -ri- ' strik-tiv Function: adjective Date: 1916 : not restrictive specifically : not limiting the reference of a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE — noun Date: 1916 a descriptive clause that is not essential to the definiteness of the meaning of the word it …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE — noun : a descriptive clause that adds information but is so loosely attached to the main clause as to be …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE — Gram. a relative clause that describes or supplements but is not essential in establishing the identity of the antecedent and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE — [nonrestrictive clause] n (1916): a descriptive clause that is not essential to the definiteness of the meaning of the word …
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PROPOSITION — n I. proposition (1. proposal; 2. [Logic]); II. [Gram.] clause; proposition principal [Gram.] main clause; proposition incidente [Gram.] nonrestrictive or …
Interlingua English vocab
INCIDENTE — adj 1. incident (as in incident ray); 2. incidental (= fortuitous); proposition incidente [Gram.] nonrestrictive or descriptive clause n incident
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WHICH — I. adjective see: who Date: before 12th century being what one or ones out of a group, ~ever , 3. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THAT — I. pronoun (plural those) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pronoun & definite article; akin to Old …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DESCRIPTIVE — adjective Date: 1723 serving to describe , 2. referring to, constituting, or grounded in matters of observation or experience , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHO — I. (|)hü, _ü pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwā; akin to Old High German hwer, interrog. pron., who, …
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WHICH — I. (|)hwich, (|)wich adjective Etymology: Middle English, which, of what kind, from Old English hwilc; akin to Old High German …
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WHAT — I. (|)(h)wä]t, (|)(h)wə] also (|)(h)wȯ]; usu ]d.+V pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwæt, neuter of hwā who; akin …
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THAT — I. ˈthat, usu -ad.+V pronoun ( plural those ˈthōz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pron. & …
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DESCRIPTIVE
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CONTINUATIVE — I. kənˈtinyəˌwād.iv, -yəwəd.iv adjective Etymology: Late Latin continuativus, from Latin continuatus (past participle of continuare to continue) + -ivus -ive …
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NONESSENTIAL CLAUSE — noun : nonrestrictive clause
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHO — /hooh/ , pron.; possessive whose; objective whom . 1. what person or persons?: Who did it? 2. (of a person) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHICH — /hwich, wich/ , pron. 1. what one?: Which of these do you want? Which do you want? 2. whichever: Choose …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE — Gram. a relative clause that identifies the antecedent and that is usually not set off by commas in English. In …
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DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE. — See nonrestrictive clause .
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DESCRIPTIVE — — descriptively , adv. — descriptiveness , n. /di skrip"tiv/ , adj. 1. having the quality of describing; characterized by …
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DESCRIPTIVE — adj. serving to describe, representational, illustrative; (Grammar-of an adjective) attributive, that states an attribute of the related noun; nonrestrictive, not …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THAT — I. ˈthat, thət pronoun ( plural those ˈthōz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pronoun & definite …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THAT — [that] pron, pl those [ME, fr. OE thaet, neut. demonstrative pron. & definite article; akin to OHG daz, neuter demonstrative …
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