word class
nounEtymology From word + class.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A linguistic form class whose members are words.
- These lists differentiated terms according to word class (that is, a word with both a noun and adjective definition counted as two separate items in the list).2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A linguistic form or structure class whose members are words.