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complementizer

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com⋅ple⋅men⋅tiz⋅er

  [kom-pluh-muhn-tahy-zer]
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–noun Linguistics.
an element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for … to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive …-ing in Barbara's leaving so early worried them.
Origin:
complement + -ize + -er 1
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