English Explanatory Dictionary

dummy subject

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In English, a word (such as it or there) used as the subject of a sentence when the real subject is placed after the main verb, or when the subject is indefinite.

Word forms

dummy subject dummy subjects

Synonyms

introductory subject preparatory subject
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