part of speech

Noun

Meaning

one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

word class form class lexical class lexical category class category conjunction adjective pronoun preposition adverb disjunctive verb attributive adverbial

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Hypernyms

grammatical category syntactic category

Hyponyms

major form class

Examples

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. It's always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact it's so supple and sly. Eleanor Catton

Adverbs as a "catch-all" category Adverbs are considered a part of speech in traditional English grammar, and are still included as a part of speech in grammar taught in schools and used in dictionaries. Source: Internet

Affixes do select their host: They only attach to the word they are connected to semantically, and generally attach to a particular part of speech. Source: Internet

Each root word has an inherent part of speech : nominal, adjectival, verbal, or adverbial. Source: Internet

In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns. Source: Internet

For A part of speech (abbreviated form: PoS or POS) is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items ) which have similar grammatical properties. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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