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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

full′ word′,

Linguistics(esp. in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning;
a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive. Cf. empty word.

1890–95

'full word' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

empty word - preliminaries

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wh-word + full infinitive
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