The category a word is assigned to based on its syntactic function within a specified language.
1He died 75 years ago, but lives on as a part of speech.
2The grunt seemed to be his most valued part of speech.
3With such, oaths become as necessary a part of speech as articles or prepositions.
4It's another part of speech to have to work with one's hands, as we do.
5For such an unnecessary part of speech as a real copula does not exist in Japanese.
6I asked for the part of speech.
7When it is used without relation to any other part of speech, as in direct address or exclamation.
8A host of compounds were left both hyphenated and separate depending on their part of speech, for example:
9When "not only" precedes "but also," see that each is followed by the same part of speech.
10As the interjection is the least important part of speech in the English language, it will require but little attention.
11What part of speech is "old"?
12I did indeed once understand something about the use of a broadsword; but as to a pen, gentlemen, that's quite another part of speech.
13The following sentence containing all the parts of speech is parsed etymologically:
14There are also other parts of speech that some languages will have.
15He seemed to grudge the space required for necessary parts of speech.
16For he seems to make no other parts of speech but them.
Translations for part of speech