dummy subject
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dummy subject (plural dummy subjects)
- (grammar) A word (in English, 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.
- In the expression "It's raining", the word "it" is a dummy subject.
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grammatical subject carrying no meaning of its own
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