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| function word |
a word such as an article, conjunction, or preposition that indicates grammatical structure or relationships but has little or no independent meaning. |
| her |
the female person or animal already mentioned (considered as an object of a verb or preposition). [1/2 definitions] |
| him |
the male human or animal already mentioned (considered as an object of a verb or preposition). |
| myself |
used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition. [1/3 definitions] |
| n. |
abbreviation of "noun," in grammar, a word that names a person, place, thing, condition, or quality, that usu. has plural and possessive forms, and that functions as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or preposition. |
| noun |
in grammar, a word that names a person, place, thing, condition, or quality, that usu. has plural and possessive forms, and that functions as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/3 definitions] |
| object |
in grammar, a noun or noun equivalent that functions as the receiver of the action of a verb or that follows a preposition to form a prepositional phrase. [1/7 definitions] |
| objective |
in grammar, denoting or concerning the case of a word used as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/7 definitions] |
| ourselves |
used reflexively as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/3 definitions] |
| part of speech |
in grammar, one of the major categories by which words have traditionally been grouped, primarily according to their function, such as adjective, adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun, preposition, pronoun, and verb, in English. |
| prep.1 |
abbreviation of "preposition." |
| prepositional phrase |
in grammar, a phrase that is made up of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of this object, and that functions as an adjective or adverb, such as "of the people" or "under the bridge". |
| them |
the persons or things already mentioned; a form of "they" used as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/2 definitions] |
| themselves |
used reflexively as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/3 definitions] |
| us |
the speaker and another or others; the objective case of "we," used as a direct or indirect object of a verb or as an object of a preposition. |
| used |
familiar with (something); accustomed to; in the habit of (followed by the preposition "to"). [1/2 definitions] |
| used to |
functioning as an adjective followed by the preposition "to," used to describe the process of becoming accustomed to something or the state of being accustomed. [1/2 definitions] |
| which |
used after a preposition to represent the thing or things that it refers to. [1/9 definitions] |
| whom |
what person or persons (considered as the object of a verb or preposition). |
| whomever |
whoever (considered as the object of a verb or preposition). |
| yourself |
used reflexively as the object of a verb or preposition. [1/4 definitions] |
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