adverb
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Pronunciation [change]
- IPA: /ˈædvɜː(r)b/
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Noun [change]
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Singular |
- (countable) An adverb is a kind of word that generally modifies verbs and other words (but not nouns); adverbs usually answer questions such as how?, why? and to what extent?.
- In the phrase "Jane ran quickly", quickly is an adverb because it tells you how Jane ran.
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| parts of speech | noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determinative/determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection |
| grammatical functions | head - subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner/specifier |
| clauses | independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause |