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For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

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Interjections are words that show strong emotions.

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Words nearby interjection

interiorize, interisland, interj., interjacent, interject, interjection, interjectionalize, interjectory, interjoin, interjoist, interkinesis

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British Dictionary definitions for interjection

a word or remark expressing emotion; exclamation

a word or phrase that is characteristically used in syntactic isolation and that usually expresses sudden emotion; expletive Abbreviation: interj.

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Cultural definitions for interjection

A brief exclamation, often containing only one word: "Oh!" "Gee!" "Good grief!" "Ouch!"

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interiorize, interisland, interj., interjacent, interject, interjection, interjectionalize, interjectory, interjoin, interjoist, interkinesis Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 a word or remark expressing emotion; exclamation a word or phrase that is characteristically used in syntactic isolation and that usually expresses sudden emotion; expletive Abbreviation: interj.

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Conjunctions connect words or groups of words together to form sentences.

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1. any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however.

2. any other word or expression of similar function, as in any case.

the act of conjoining; combination.

the state of being conjoined; union; association: The police, in conjunction with the army, established order.

a combination of events or circumstances.

1. a compound proposition that is true if and only if all of its component propositions are true.

2. the relation among the components of such a proposition, usually expressed by AND or & or ·.

1. the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude.

2. the state of two or more such coinciding heavenly bodies.

the coincidence of two or more heavenly bodies at the same celestial longitude, characterized by a unification of the planetary energies; an astrological aspect.

Words nearby conjunction

conjugated protein, conjugation, conjugation tube, conjugative plasmid, conjunct, conjunction, conjunction-reduction, conjunctiva, conjunctival, conjunctival artery, conjunctival reflex

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British Dictionary definitions for conjunction

the act of joining together; combination; union

simultaneous occurrence of events; coincidence

1. the position of any two bodies that appear to meet, such as two celestial bodies on the celestial sphere

2. Also called: solar conjunction the position of a planet or the moon when it is in line with the sun as seen from the earth. The inner planets are in inferior conjunction when the planet is between the earth and the sun and in superior conjunction when the sun lies between the earth and the planet Compare opposition (def. 8a)

1. the operator that forms a compound sentence from two given sentences, and corresponds to the English and

2. a sentence so formed. Usually written p&q, p∧q, or p.q., where p,q are the component sentences, it is true only when both these are true

3. the relation between such sentences

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Scientific definitions for conjunction

The position of two celestial bodies when they have the same celestial longitude, especially a configuration in which a planet or the Moon lies on a straight line from Earth to or through the Sun. Planets in this position are not visible to the naked eye because they are in line with the Sun and obscured by its glare; the Moon in this position is new. ♦ The inner planets Mercury and Venus have two conjunction points with Earth. Either planet is at inferior conjunction when it lies directly between the Earth and the Sun, and is at superior conjunction when it lies directly opposite Earth on the far side of the Sun. The outer planets have only one conjunction point with Earth, when they lie opposite Earth on the far side of the Sun.

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Cultural definitions for conjunction

A word that joins words or groups of words. There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating. Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, not, yet, for, and so. Correlative conjunctions include the words in the pairs either/or, both/and, and neither/nor. Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate clauses (see subordination) and join them to the rest of the sentence: "She didn't learn the real reason until she left the valley."

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any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however. any other word or expression of similar function, as in any case. the act of conjoining; combination.

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Prepositions join nouns and pronouns to other words.

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any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.

Words nearby preposition

preponderant, preponderate, prepone, preportion, prepose, preposition, prepositional phrase, prepositional verb, prepositive, prepositor, prepossess

Origin of preposition

Middle English preposicioun < Latin praepositiōn- (stem of praepositiō) a putting before, a prefix, preposition. See pre-, position

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH preposition

usage note for preposition

The often heard but misleading "rule" that a sentence should not end with a preposition is transferred from Latin, where it is an accurate description of practice. But English grammar is different from Latin grammar, and the rule does not fit English. In speech, the final preposition is normal and idiomatic, especially in questions: What are we waiting for? Where did he come from? You didn't tell me which floor you worked on. In writing, the problem of placing the preposition arises most when a sentence ends with a relative clause in which the relative pronoun ( that; whom; which; whomever; whichever; whomsoever ) is the object of a preposition. In edited writing, especially more formal writing, when a pronoun other than that introduces a final relative clause, the preposition usually precedes its object: He abandoned the project to which he had devoted his whole life. I finally telephoned the representative with whom I had been corresponding. If the pronoun is that, which cannot be preceded by a preposition, or if the pronoun is omitted, then the preposition must occur at the end: The librarian found the books that the child had scribbled in. There is the woman he spoke of.

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British Dictionary definitions for preposition

a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence Abbreviation: prep

Word Origin for preposition

C14: from Latin praepositiō a putting before, from pōnere to place

usage for preposition

The practice of ending a sentence with a preposition (Venice is a place I should like to go to) was formerly regarded as incorrect, but is now acceptable and is the preferred form in many contexts

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Cultural definitions for preposition

A part of speech that indicates the relationship, often spatial, of one word to another. For example, "She paused at the gate"; "This tomato is ripe for picking"; and "They talked the matter over head to head." Some common prepositions are at, by, for, from, in, into, on, to, and with.

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Preposition definition, any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since. See more.

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Adjectives give descriptions to nouns and pronouns.

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any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station.

pertaining to or functioning as an adjective; adjectival: the adjective use of a noun.

concerning methods of enforcement of legal rights, as pleading and practice (opposed to substantive).

(of dye colors) requiring a mordant or the like to render them permanent (opposed to substantive).

not able to stand alone; dependent: Women were seen by some (by some men, that is) as adjective creatures, needing to be cared for and protected from the vicissitudes of life.

Words nearby adjective

adjacency, adjacent, adjacent angle, adjacent angles, adjectival, adjective, adjective clause, adjective phrase, adjective pronoun, adjectivize, adjigo

Origin of adjective

Middle English < Late Latin adjectīvum, neuter of adjectīvus, equivalent to adject(us) attached, added, past participle of ad(j)icere (ad- ad- + -jec-, combining form of jac- throw + -tus past participle suffix) + -īvus -ive

grammar notes for adjective

How do we spot an adjective? For one thing, adjectives tell us about the nouns they qualify by answering questions like "what kind," "which one," and "how many": a serious student; the purple flower; three kisses. But in English there are adjectives and there are adjectives. Those in the second group are more adjectival than the others, in that the qualifications they express can themselves be qualified. The word more is our clue; true adjectives can compare one entity to another. For adjectives with two or more syllables, the comparative and superlative are formed with more and most ( more captivating; the most enthralling ). Monosyllables, and some disyllables that happen to end in -y, change form, with occasional accommodations in spelling, by adding -er and -est: smart, smarter, smartest; happy, happier, happiest. There are, of course, irregular members of this group; despite what your average three-year-old says, things go from good to better and best, not to gooder and goodest. But there is a caution; some adjectives have absolute meanings that can make them seem absurd if used comparatively. If a plant is dead, for example, another plant cannot be more dead.
In addition, many true adjectives are gradable. That is, they can be upgraded ( very pretty ), downgraded ( somewhat disorganized ), or intensified ( really tired ). Usually, those that should not be compared, as correct, impossible, and mortal, are also not gradable. A vote, for example, cannot be very unanimous, too unanimous, or not unanimous enough; it is either unanimous or not. And only in The Wizard of Oz is the Wicked Witch "not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead." That is not to say that there are no exceptions, as can be seen at the expanded usage note for the absolute adjective unique.
Pronouns, as your, this, and each, can also function as adjectives. But it is the noun as modifier, like bottle and bus in bottle cap and bus station, that gives headaches to dictionary compilers. Faced with evidence, they must ask themselves if occasional use as a modifier makes a particular noun worthy of full adjective status. Bottle and bus certainly do not pass comparison or gradation tests; my cap isn't more bottle than yours, nor is it very bottle. These nouns are not listed as adjectives in this dictionary. Yet similar nouns, like coffee, kitchen, and summer, are. The number of items they can modify, the number of adjectival senses they have, and the degree to which such senses differ from their noun senses all play a part in the decision. That decision, however is never final. Meanings expand and evolve. Language changes as we speak.

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British Dictionary definitions for adjective

Word Origin for adjective

C14: from Late Latin adjectīvus attributive, from adjicere to throw to, add, from ad- to + jacere to throw; in grammatical sense, from the Latin phrase nōmen adjectīvum attributive noun

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Cultural definitions for adjective

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives are usually placed just before the words they qualify: shy child, blue notebook, rotten apple, four horses, another table.

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Adjective definition, any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome.

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Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

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Action verbs describe what the subject does.
Linking verbs are forms of "to be," and relate to the five senses.
Helping verbs assist other verbs to give them their tense.

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Verbs describe what a subject does.

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any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.

grammar notes for verb

The key word in most sentences, the word that reveals what is happening, is the verb. It can declare something ( You ran ), ask a question ( Did you run? ), convey a command ( Run faster! ), or express a wish ( May this good weather last! ) or a possibility ( If you had run well, you might have won; if you run better tomorrow, you may win ). You cannot have a complete English sentence without at least one verb.
Understandably, this multitalented part of speech can be analyzed and categorized in any of several ways. For example, this dictionary distinguishes between a transitive verb, labeled "(used with object)," as in The country fought two wars at the same time, and an intransitive verb, labeled "(used without object)," as in He fought in both of them. As we can see with fight, some verbs can be either transitive or intransitive.
Another analysis is offered by the grammarians Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik in their renowned A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. They divide verbs into three categories: (1) modal auxiliary verbs, a short list comprising can, may, will, shall, could, might, would, should, and must, all of which are "helping" verbs, as in Congress will vote tomorrow, and (2) primary verbs, the smallest group- be, do, and have -all three of which can be either auxiliaries ( I am leaving for school now; I did finish my homework; I have studied enough ) or main verbs ( I am happy; I did my best; I have a good teacher ), and (3) full verbs, the largest group by far, containing all the rest.
A third approach differentiates an action verb from one that is stative. An action verb expresses something you can do ( run, study, sit, want ) or something that can happen ( leak, end, appear, collapse ). In contrast, a stative verb expresses an ongoing state or condition ( I know all the answers; we own our house; they fear failure ). Some verbs, like be, are in both camps: In she is careless, the verb is is stative, describing a permanent trait. In she was being careless in losing those documents, the verb was is an action verb, describing a specific act of carelessness. The same mutability is seen in verbs of the senses ( smell, taste, feel ): Mmm, smell that coffee [action]; the coffee smells wonderful [stative].
We can also distinguish the linking verb (more formally known as a copula ) from verbs that can take an object or be modified by an adverb. Linking verbs identify or describe a subject by connecting it with a noun, an adjective, or a prepositional phrase in a following complement ( she is a doctor; they were delighted; we will be at the party ). Other linking verbs, like feel, appear, smell, taste, look, become, and stay perform the same concatenating function. A number of them happen to be stative, but not all; get and act, for example, are both linking and action verbs ( the weather got warmer yesterday; she acted surprised ). As we can see, a single verb can be categorized in more than one way, depending on which type of analysis we subject it to.
And finally, we can look at English verbs in terms of a number of grammatical features that are expressed by changes in their form or changes in the way sentences are constructed. These features are (such as present and past), voice (active or passive), person (first, second, or third), number (singular or plural), and (such as indicative and subjunctive)-each defined at its own Dictionary.com entry.

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British Dictionary definitions for verb

(in traditional grammar) any of a large class of words in a language that serve to indicate the occurrence or performance of an action, the existence of a state or condition, etc. In English, such words as run, make, do, and the like are verbs

(in modern descriptive linguistic analysis)

a word or group of words that functions as the predicate of a sentence or introduces the predicate

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Cultural definitions for verb

A word that represents an action or a state of being. Go, strike, travel, and exist are examples of verbs. A verb is the essential part of the predicate of a sentence. The grammatical forms of verbs include number, person, and tense. (See auxiliary verb, infinitive, intransitive verb, irregular verb, participle, regular verb, and transitive verb.)

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Verb definition, any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object. See more.

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Pronouns replace nouns. The are used for efficiency and to avoid redundancy.

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Proper nouns are specific, and they are capitalized.

Examples of this would be the name of a city, like Charlottetown, or the name a school, like Holland College.

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Common nouns are general, and they aren't capitalized.

Examples of this would be words like city, or school. Common nouns aren't specific, they're general and non-specific.

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Nouns are the names of people, places, things, ideas, and events/acivities.

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any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.

grammar notes for noun

Most of us learned the classic definition of noun back in elementary school, where we were told simply that "a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing." That's not a bad beginning; it even clues us in to the origin of the word, since noun is derived ultimately from the Latin word nōmen, which means 'name'.
As we see from its dictionary definition, a noun can name not only a physical thing but also abstract things such as a state ( happiness ) or a quality ( beauty ). The word is defined further in terms of the way it functions in the language-as a subject or object in a sentence or as the object of a preposition. In any of those positions, it can be modified by an adjective or adjective phrase: a talented but quirky artist.
Nouns are typically said to fall into two categories: proper noun and common noun. A proper noun designates a particular person, place, or thing and is normally capitalized: Shakespeare, Mexico, the Pentagon. A common noun refers to a generic person, place, or thing: teacher, classroom, smartphone. The plural form of a common noun names a set or group. (Proper nouns are pluralized only in special circumstances: There are many Springfields in the United States. Oh, no, the Smiths are coming to dinner again. )
To form the plural, most common nouns simply add an -s ( teachers, classrooms, smartphones ). Some nouns ending in -o (but not all) add -es. Nouns ending in the sounds , , , , , or also have plurals ending in -es ( bus/buses, ash, ashes, judge/judges ). Several nouns form the plural in a different way. These include child/children, knife/knives, and a number of others. Some nouns have a plural form identical to that of the singular: sheep/sheep. Seven English nouns form their plural by changing the vowel in the middle of the word: woman/women, man/men, goose/geese, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, louse/lice. (Can you think of the seventh one?*) And then, of course, there are nouns borrowed from other languages that keep their non-English plurals ( bacterium/bacteria, chapeau/chapeaux, kibbutz/kibbutzim ).
But not all nouns can be pluralized. Thus we have another way to categorize nouns. Those that can be thought of in the plural are called count nouns; the things they name can be counted and enumerated. Other nouns, called mass nouns or noncount nouns, name things that are usually not counted, even when the amount grows larger. This class includes nouns that refer to a substance ( water, sand, oxygen, electricity ), a quality ( kindness, honesty ), or an abstract concept ( happiness, health ). There are exceptions: some substances can be spoken of in the plural if you are referring to various kinds ( The wines of France are known throughout the world ) or to units or containers of the substance ( We'll have three coffees and two teas ).
Certain other nouns that name something relatively concrete, like furniture, flatware, hardware, and software, are also treated as mass nouns. This means that in English we do not say "This computer comes with the latest softwares." Nor do we say "I'm buying a furniture" (although we can buy a couch or a table ), since mass nouns normally cannot be immediately preceded by "a," "an," or a numeral. Instead, we use the singular form even when referring to large quantities, saying things like "a lot of software" or "too much furniture." This distinction between count nouns and mass nouns, complex though it may seem, is pretty much absorbed automatically if you grow up speaking English. But it can be one of the most difficult things to assimilate for people learning English as a foreign language. The answer? Read, read, read. And listen.
* mouse/mice

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British Dictionary definitions for nouns

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Cultural definitions for nouns

The part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea. The following words are nouns: child, town, granite, kindness, government, elephant, and Taiwan. In sentences, nouns generally function as subjects or as objects.

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Nouns definition, any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop).