indefinite articlenoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/us/ɪnˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/specializedB1 the grammatical name for the words "a" and "an" in English or words in other languages that have a similar use
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Examples
- If you ask for 'a ham sandwich', you're using the indefinite article 'a' before the noun.
- Don't forget that, before any word beginning with a vowel, the indefinite article would be 'an', for example 'an interesting book'.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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