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Pronoun

A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

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Demonstrative 76% connected

Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Auxiliary verb noun · 85% 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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Relative pronoun noun · 85% connection

a pronoun (as ‘that’ or ‘which’ or ‘who’) that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

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Verb noun · 85% connection

the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

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Infinitive noun · 85% connection

the uninflected form of the verb

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Participial noun · 85% connection

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

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Participle noun · 85% connection

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

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Intransitive noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

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Intransitive verb noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

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Intransitive verb form noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

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Transitive noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

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Transitive verb noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

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Transitive verb form noun · 84% connection

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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Determining factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Acre noun · 78% connection

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Anglo- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…

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Antonomasia noun · 78% connection

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majest…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Apposition noun · 78% connection

The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Her…

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Aptote noun · 78% connection

A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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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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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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