part of speech

The parts of speech are the primary categories of words according to their function in a sentence. English has seven main parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.Continue reading...

part of speech

n. pl. parts of speech 1. One of a group of traditional classifications of words according to their functions in context, usually including the noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection, and article.2. One of a group of theoretical classifications of words according to their syntactic, morphological, and semantic properties, such as the noun, determiner, verb, adjective, adverb, complementizer, preposition, and conjunction.

part of speech

n (Grammar) a class of words sharing important syntactic or semantic features; a group of words in a language that may occur in similar positions or fulfil similar functions in a sentence. The chief parts of speech in English are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Abbreviation: POS

part′ of speech′

n. any of the classes into which words in a language have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. [1500–10]

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part of speech - one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical contextform class, word classgrammatical category, syntactic category - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical propertiesmajor form class - any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar

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(paːt) noun1. something which, together with other things, makes a whole; a piece. We spent part of the time at home and part at the seaside.一部分2. an equal division. He divided the cake into three parts.等分3. a character in a play etc. She played the part of the queen.角色4. the words, actions etc of a character in a play etc. He learned his part quickly.台词5. in music, the notes to be played or sung by a particular instrument or voice. the violin part.声部6. a person's share, responsibility etc in doing something. He played a great part in the government's decision. 本份，职责，作用 verb to separate; to divide. They parted (from each other) at the gate.分开ˈparting noun1. the act of leaving someone, saying goodbye etc. Their final parting was at the station. 分手，离别 2. a line dividing hair brushed in opposite directions on the head. （头发的）分缝 ˈpartly adverb to a certain extent but not completely. She was tired, partly because of the journey and partly because of the heat.部分地ˌpart-ˈtime adjective, adverb not taking one's whole time; for only a few hours or days a week. a part-time job; She works part-time. 部分时间的（地） in part partly. He agreed that he was in part responsible for the accident.在某种程度上part company1. to go in different directions. We parted company at the bus-stop.分离2. to leave each other or end a friendship, partnership etc. 断绝关系，拆伙 part of speech one of the groups into which words are divided (eg noun, verb, adjective etc). 词类part with to give away or be separated from. He doesn't like parting with money. 放弃，离开 take in good part to accept without being hurt or offended. He took their jokes in good part.很高兴地接受take someone's part to support someone (in an argument etc). She always takes his part.支持某人take part in to be one of a group of people doing something, to take an active share in (eg playing a game, performing a play, holding a discussion etc). He never took part in arguments.参加

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in traditional English grammargrammar,
description of the structure of a language, consisting of the sounds (see phonology); the meaningful combinations of these sounds into words or parts of words, called morphemes; and the arrangement of the morphemes into phrases and sentences, called syntax.
..... Click the link for more information. , any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are nounnoun
[Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or indirect object of the verb in the sentence, and may be distinguished by a number of formal criteria.
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part of speech typically used to indicate an action. English verbs are inflected for person, number, tense and partially for mood; compound verbs formed with auxiliaries (e.g., be, can, have, do, will) provide a distinction of voice.
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English part of speech, one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. Adjectives and adverbs are functionally distinct in that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, while adverbs
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English part of speech consisting of exclamatory words such as oh, alas, and ouch. They are marked by a feature of intonation that is usually shown in writing by an exclamation point (see punctuation). Many languages have classes like interjections.
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in English, the part of speech embracing a small number of words used before nouns and pronouns to connect them to the preceding material, e.g., of, in, and about.
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in English, part of speech serving to connect words or constructions, e.g., and, but, and or. Most languages have connective particles similar to English conjunctions.
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in English, the part of speech used as a substitute for an antecedent noun that is clearly understood, and with which it agrees in person, number, and gender. In English the pronouns are classified as personal (I, we, you, thou, he, she, it, they
..... Click the link for more information. . Some grammarians add articles, quantifiers, and numerals. These word classes have traditional definitions in grammar books, i.e., "a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing" without reference to grammatical function. By this strict definition the word toy would be a noun in the sentence "The toy is under the tree" and in the sentence "It is a toy dog." However, an alternate method of defining parts of speech is in terms of the structural features and distribution patterns within a sentence. Thus toy would constitute a different part of speech in each of the above sentences since the word functions in different environments in each sentence, i.e., as a subject and as a modifier. Some English parts of speech (nouns, verbs, etc.) are productive classes allowing new members; others, with functional rather than lexical meaning (prepositions, articles, conjunctions) are nonproductive, having a limited number of members. See also inflectioninflection,
in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and -er.
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Bibliography

See L. Bloomfield, Language (1933); C. Fries, The Structure of English (1952); W. N. Francis, The Structure of American English (1958); O. Jespersen, The Philosophy of Grammar (1965); F. R. Palmer, Grammar (1971); C. L. Baker, English Syntax (1989).

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

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