the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
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Superlative degree
the superlative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘fastest’ is the superlative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘least famous’ is the superlative degree of the adjective ‘famous’"; "‘most surely’ is the superlative of the adverb ‘surely’"
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satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage; "descri…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the discipline that studies the English language and literature
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers…
Used in the same subject area: Usage and confusables, Spelling and grammar.pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
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A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, lit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adje…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: superlative, adjective, adverb, fastest, fast.
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