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part of speech

part of speech


noun 
Definition:
 
words with same function in sentences: a grammatical category or word group in a language to which words may be assigned on the basis of how they are used in sentences. The traditional main parts of speech in English are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Others sometimes used are article and determiner.

[Translation of Latin pars orationis]
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