(linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.

plural of complementizer

Act or process of complementizing.

simple past tense and past participle of complementize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complementize

present participle of complementize

(transitive, grammar) To convert into a complement.

plural of complement

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complement

present participle of complement