gramrel

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noun

A relation in which a word frequently appears with another in certain types of collocations, such as being the subject of a verb or a modifier of a noun.

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Meanings

noungramrel (plural gramrels)

plural gramrels

  1. Sketch Engine; corpus linguistics; Sketch Engine; corpus linguisticsA relation in which a word frequently appears with another in certain types of collocations, such as being the subject of a verb or a modifier of a noun.

    I asked Martin to use Sketch Engine to create a profile of bro—a brofile! In the New Monitor Corpus, she searched for "bro modifier noun." We were looking for "gramrels"—grammatical relationships. The software displayed words most associated with bro.

    2025, Stefan Fatsis, Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, page 94

Origin

From gram(matical) + rel(ation).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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