part of speech

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Noun

Singular part of speech

Plural parts of speech

1. The parts of speech are a traditional grouping of word classes into: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction, and sometimes article.

Synonyms

• word class
• lexical category
• lexical class

Related words

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