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word class

word class

noun Grammar.
a group of words all of which are members of the same form class or part of speech.

Origin:
1920–25
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Word class is always a great word to know.
So is solidus. Does it mean:
a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur:
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
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word class
 
n
linguistics See part of speech a form class in which the members are words

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