Meanings
nounspecifier (plural specifiers)
plural specifiers
- A person or thing that specifies.
The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.
2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68 - human sciencesA component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 指定語 /指定语
- 指定語 /指定语 (zhǐdìngyǔ)component of a phrase
French spécifieur
- spécifieurcomponent of a phrase
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APA
specifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specifier
MLA
“specifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specifier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “specifier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specifier.
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