immediate constituent

/ɪˌmidiət kənˌstɪtʃʊənt/
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Other forms: immediate constituents

Definitions of immediate constituent
  1. noun
    a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate
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    type of:
    constituent, grammatical constituent
    (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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