noun
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
• Syn: ↑modification, ↑qualifying
• Derivationally related forms: ↑qualify (for: ↑qualifying), ↑modify (for: ↑modification)
• Hypernyms: ↑grammatical relation
• Hyponyms: ↑restrictiveness, ↑apposition
adjective
1. restricting the scope or freedom of action (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑confining, ↑constraining, ↑constrictive, ↑restricting
• Similar to: ↑restrictive
2. strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
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the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause
• Similar to: ↑restrictive
• Topics: ↑grammar
Useful english dictionary. 2012.