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| abbreviation |
a shortened form of a word or phrase used in writing. [1/2 definitions] |
| ablative1 |
a word or phrase in the ablative case. [1/3 definitions] |
| abracadabra |
a nonsense word thought to produce a magical effect such as the warding off of disaster or disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| accent |
relative prominence of a syllable within a particular word; stress. [2/8 definitions] |
| acceptation |
the generally accepted meaning of a word, phrase, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| accusative |
the accusative case, or a word marked by this case. [1/3 definitions] |
| acronym |
a type of abbreviation used as a word, formed by combining the initial letters (or initial parts) of words that make up a particular string. The pronunciation of an acronym is based on the typical rules of pronouncing words in a language and is not made up of the sounds of the names of individual letters. |
| acrostic |
a sequence of written lines in which particular letters, usu. the first letter of every line, form an independent word or phrase. [1/2 definitions] |
| adj. |
abbreviation of "adjective," in grammar, a word that modifies a noun or noun equivalent. |
| adjective |
in grammar, a word that modifies a noun or noun equivalent. [1/2 definitions] |
| adv. |
abbreviation of "adverb," in grammar, a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb or adverbial phrase. |
| adverb |
in grammar, a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, adverbial phrase, or sentence. |
| adversative |
an adversative word or phrase, such as "but" or "on the contrary". [1/2 definitions] |
| affix |
in grammar, a word element that, when added to a word, modifies its meaning or function; prefix, infix, or suffix. [1/5 definitions] |
| ambiguity |
an ambiguous statement, word, expression, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| Americanism |
a word, phrase, or usage originating in, characteristic of, or peculiar to American English. [1/3 definitions] |
| ampersand |
a sign (&) that represents the word "and". |
| anagram |
a word or phrase formed by the transposition of letters of a different word or phrase. |
| anagrammatize |
to change (a word or phrase) into a new word or phrase by transposing the letters. |
| anaphora |
the repeating of a word or phrase at the beginnings of several successive sentences, paragraphs, or the like. |
| anastrophe |
reversal of the normal sentence structure or word order, as in the sentence "To the battlefield rode they". |
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