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endocentric

adjective

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
Word type
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
Line style
core relation
instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
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Senses

Sense 1 adjective

fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents

when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction

Related & opposite

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 antonym Related & opposite exocentric
1 domain topic Related & opposite grammar