Abbreviations

Abbreviations: 2

adj.
adjective
adj.pred
adjectival predicate
adjunct
modal category
adv.pred
adverbial predicate
ant
antonym
arch
archaic
caus
causative
comp.
compound word
conj
conjunction
dem
demonstrative pronoun
dem.pred
demonstrative predicate
der.
derivative
det
determiner
dial. var
dialect variant
exis.pred
existential predicate
fr. var.
free variant
id
idiom
Inf.
Inflected
int.pro
interrogative pronoun
intrans
intransitive verb
n
noun
neg
negative
nom
nominal, derived noun
pass
passive verb
ph. v.
phrasal verb
proc
process verb
Prop.N
Proper noun
pro
pronoun
pt-wh
part-whole lexical relation
spec-gen
specific-generic lexical relation
sp. var.
spelling variant
Sim
Similar
sta
stative verb
Syn
Synonym
trans
transitive verb
v
verb
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2 Two abbreviations that may occur following a lexical entry: sp. var. ‘spelling variant’ and fr. var.