Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
complementizer
(com|ple¦ment|izer)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkɒmplɪməntʌɪzə(r)/
(also
complementiser
)
noun
Grammar
a word or morpheme that marks an embedded clause as functioning as a complement, typically a subordinating conjunction or infinitival
to
.
More words in this category
adversative
apposition
benefactive
cataphor
clause
common
construct
declarative
diminutive
ending
ergative
expletive
middle
modality
part of speech
passive
phrasal
restrictive
verb phrase
Nearby Words
complementarity
complementary
complementary angle
complementary colour
complementary distribution
complementary DNA
complementary function
complementary medicine
complementation
complementizer
complete
complete game
completely
completion
completist
completive
complex
complex conjugate
complex plane