"specifier" meaning in English

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      "word": "adjunct"
    },
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      "word": "complement"
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    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "access specifier"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "specify",
        "3": "er",
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      },
      "expansion": "specify + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From specify + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specifiers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "specifier (plural specifiers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing that specifies."
      ],
      "id": "en-specifier-en-noun-rCBPHMKN",
      "links": [
        [
          "specifies",
          "specify"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "A 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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      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "component of a phrase",
          "word": "指定語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǐdìngyǔ",
          "sense": "component of a phrase",
          "word": "指定语"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "component of a phrase",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spécifieur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "specifier"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "adjunct"
    },
    {
      "word": "complement"
    },
    {
      "word": "head"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "access specifier"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "specify",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "specify + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From specify + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "specifiers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "specifier (plural specifiers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing that specifies."
      ],
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        [
          "specifies",
          "specify"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
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        "A 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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(linguistics) A 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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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "component of a phrase",
      "word": "指定語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐdìngyǔ",
      "sense": "component of a phrase",
      "word": "指定语"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "component of a phrase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spécifieur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "specifier"
}