Definitions For Subcategorization

Noun

SUBCATEGORIZATION. (countable and uncountable, plural SUBCATEGORIZATIONs) Placing something into a subcategory. (grammar) The practice of specifying what types of complements a word may take when that word acts as the head of a phrase of a certain category; this specification restricts the wordʼs category, making it smaller, hence a “subcategory” of the wordʼs category.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, subcategorisation}}

Etymology

sub + categorization

Is Subcategorization a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
31
Words with Friends
36

The word Subcategorization is worth 31 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends

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