bindee

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noun

A language element that is grammatically bound.

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Meanings

nounbindee (plural bindees)

plural bindees

  1. grammarA language element that is grammatically bound.

    [S]upposing the NP has raised in (18), the potential bindees are the clitic and the trace of the focalized NP, neither of which qualifies as a syntactic variable.

    1999, Georges Rebuschi, Laurice Tuller, The Grammar of Focus, page 290

Origin

From bind + -ee.

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APA

bindee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindee

MLA

“bindee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bindee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bindee.

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