part of speech
Noun or verb
Part of speech is a grammatical category that classifies words by their function in a sentence.
Traditional grammar identifies eight: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Modern linguistics sometimes adds or subtracts categories.
What part of speech is "fast" in this sentence?
The same word often belongs to multiple parts of speech depending on use.
- grammatical categoryClassification of linguistic units
- nounWord naming something
- proper nounNamed person or place
- common nounGeneral name for things
- adverbVerb or adjective modifier
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part of speechmeaning
What something signifies
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