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Definition of parts of speech - 1 dictionary result
part of speech  
n.   pl. parts of speech
  1. One of a group of traditional classifications of words according to their functions in context, including the noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection, and sometimes the article.

  2. A word considered as a part of speech.

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