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The word describe is classified as a noun, a verb, a participle, and an interjection. Because the word describe is basically used to describe other words, it falls into many different categories depending on the variation of the sentence.

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What part of speech is braggadocio?

Noun--however, many words have several possible parts of speech; please submit the Whole Sentence when asking for part of speech--cannot be sure without seeing how it is used in the sentence, as that's what determines the part of speech.


The most common used parts of speech?

verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives


How many common parts of speech are there?

Traditionally, it has been said that there are eight parts of speech. A problem arose, however, because authorities could not agree on exactly what the parts of speech are. According to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab, the eight parts of speech are: nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions. However, the University of Ottawa Writing Centre lists the eight parts of speech as: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. At first, it was thought that a compromise could solve this dilemma. The University of Victoria English Language Centre says there are nine parts of speech, including both articles and interjections. South Texas College concurs. The debate, however, is far from over. The "Cambridge Grammar of the English Language" now claims that pronouns are a subset of nouns. It also drops the term "articles" and replaces it with with a new category called "determinatives." Not to be outdone, the English Department (Linguistics) at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, openly admits that the so-called eight parts of speech "is not quite enough to cover the reality of English." It suggests that the list should number 12 and include nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, proforms, determiners, qualifiers, conjunctions, particles, expletives and interjections. This issue is likely going to be discussed for years to come.


What part of speech is synonym?

The idea of parts of speech has to do with grammatical categories such as nouns and verbs and adjectives. It does not include synonyms. Synonyms are words (and in that sense, they are literally parts of speech) but they do not form a grammatical category. They are just a category of words that is used to help understand what words mean, or to help you to find alternative ways of saying something, to avoid being repetitious or cliche.


What part of speech is burst?

Bursting could be several parts of speech, depending on how it is used in the sentence. It is known as a gerund, the present participle (-ing) form of a verb. A gerund can be used as a verb withing a clause, or as a noun, especially when used individually or as part of a non-finite clause in a sentence.

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Can Many of the parts of speech may be used as interjections?

Yes


How many parts of speech are used in a sentence?

A grammatically correct sentence in English requires only two parts of speech, a subject and a verb. There are however eight parts of speech that can be used in infinite combinations to form sentences.


What are parts of speech used in?

talking, singing,


Can prepositions be other parts of speech?

Many prepositions are also used as adverbs, but not at the same time, of course.


What part of speech is past in the sentence Past can be used in various parts of speech?

Past is being used as a noun in that sentence.


What kind of parts of speech is her?

a pronoun used as a possessive adjective.


What is the parts of speech of entice?

Entice is typically used as a verb.


Which parts of speech are used to show emotional excitement?

Interjections


What parts of speech are phrases?

They could be used as several different parts of speech. Typically the entire phrase acts as one part of speech... a noun phrase, a verb phrase, etc.


And so but are what parts of speech?

"And," "so," and "but" are conjunctions, which are parts of speech used to connect words, phrases, or clauses. "And" is used to add information, "so" is used to show cause and effect, and "but" is used to show contrast or contradiction.


What part of speech is quiz?

Quiz can be used as a noun or a verb.Noun: There will be a quiz tomorrow on all parts of speech.Verb: The teacher quizzed us on our knowledge of parts of speech.


What part of speech is braggadocio?

Noun--however, many words have several possible parts of speech; please submit the Whole Sentence when asking for part of speech--cannot be sure without seeing how it is used in the sentence, as that's what determines the part of speech.