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part of speech

A part of speech is a class of words based on the word's function, the way it works in a sentence. (noun)

An example of a part of speech is an adjective.

See part of speech in Webster's New World College Dictionary

any of the classes of words of a given language to which a word can be assigned: different kinds of grammar have different criteria for classifying words, as form, function or meaning, or combinations of these: in traditional English grammar, patterned after Latin grammar, the parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

See part of speech in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. parts of speech

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.
A word considered as a part of speech.

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