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function word definition

function word

a word, as an article or conjunction, having little or no lexical meaning but used to show syntactic relation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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