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Proform

(grammar) A word that substitutes for words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, whose meaning is recoverable in context.

📖 Definitions of "Proform"

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(grammar) A word that substitutes for words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, whose meaning is recoverable in context.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Proform"

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Word	Definition
proformanoun	Alternative spelling of pro forma. [A document that shows the standard entries of a form or similar document.]
prosentencenoun	Alternative spelling of pro-sentence. [(grammar) A function word or expression that substitutes for a whole sentence whose content is recoverable from the context.]
verbformnoun	Alternative form of verb form. [(grammar) A specific instance or form of a verb, as opposed to the entire verb taken in the abstract.]
by-formnoun	Alternative form of byform. [An alternative tangential, subordinate, or secondary variant form of a word or morpheme.]
ur-formnoun	Alternative form of urform. [The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.]
eformnoun	Alternative spelling of e-form. [A computerized form (template or document to be filled in).]
crudeformnoun	(grammar, rare) Alternative form of crude form. [(grammar, rare) the uninflected form or stem of a word]
freeformnoun	Alternative spelling of free-form. [A free-form shape or artwork.]
formularisernoun	Alternative form of formularizer. [One who formularizes.]
form fillingnoun	Alternative form of formfilling. [The filling out of forms.]
substituternoun	Alternative form of substitutor. [One who, or that which, substitutes.]
form-roomnoun	Alternative form of form room. [(UK) Synonym of homeroom.]
word-formationnoun	Alternative form of word formation. [(linguistics) The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.]
preformantnoun	(archaic, rare) Chiefly in Semitic languages: Synonym of preformative (“a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word”).
base formnoun	Alternative form of basic form (“the uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry”). [The uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry.]
argument-formnoun	(logic) Alternative form of argument form. [(logic) The result of replacing parts of an argument with letters, leaving only logic words such as "if" and "for all" unreplaced.]
formroomnoun	Alternative form of form room. [(UK) Synonym of homeroom.]
premouldnoun	Alternative form of premold. [An incomplete mold having the basic desired shape but not yet fully accurate.]
formularisationnoun	Alternative spelling of formularization. [The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.]
prothesenoun	(archaic) Alternative form of prosthesis (artificial body part replacement) [(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.]