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NONRESTRICTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonrestrictive mean?
• NONRESTRICTIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONRESTRICTIVE has 1 sense:
1. not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Familiarity information: NONRESTRICTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
Context example:
the nonrestrictive clause in 'I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them
Similar:
unrestrictive (not tending to restrict)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
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