SUBSTITUTION CLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does substitution class mean? 

• SUBSTITUTION CLASS (noun)
  The noun SUBSTITUTION CLASS has 1 sense:

1. the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

  Familiarity information: SUBSTITUTION CLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSTITUTION CLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

paradigm; substitution class

Hypernyms ("substitution class" is a kind of...):

category; class; family (a collection of things sharing a common attribute)