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functional shift

 
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–noun
a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
Also called functional change.

Origin:
1940–45
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functional shift  
n.  A shift in the syntactic function of a word, as when a noun serves as a verb.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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