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a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (‘red hat’ has a more specific meaning than ‘hat’)

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  1. n. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (‘red hat’ has a more specific meaning than ‘hat’)
  2. n. a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
  3. n:100 n. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')