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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

relation go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

linguistic relation go
a relation between linguistic forms or constituents

grammatical relation go
a linguistic relation established by grammar

qualifying, modification, limiting
the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

noun.relation

2 Subcategories

restrictiveness go
a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
apposition go
a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows