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Accent
noun · 78% connection
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
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Adverb
noun · 78% connection
A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; pap…
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Adverbial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
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And
conj. · 78% connection
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, o…
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Antiparticle
noun · 78% connection
a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…
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Auxiliary verb
noun · 78% connection
a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
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Case
noun · 78% connection
One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words,…
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Circumflex
noun · 78% connection
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…
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Closed syllable
noun · 78% connection
a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."
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Comparative
noun · 78% connection
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
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Comparative degree
noun · 78% connection
the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
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Compare
verb · 78% connection
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…
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Compound
noun · 78% connection
a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
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Compound word
noun · 78% connection
a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
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Desiderative
noun · 78% connection
A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitiv…
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Emphasis
noun · 78% connection
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
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Grain
noun · 78% connection
Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, o…
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Heavy syllable
noun · 78% connection
a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…
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