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adverbial particles

adverbial particles is the plural of adverbial particle.

Meaning of adverbial particle

Noun

adverbial particle (plural adverbial particles)

  1. The adverbial component of a phrasal verb; a word, typically a short one, which functions as an adverb accompanying and qualifying the verb component of a phrasal verb.
    • In the phrasal verbs 'set up', 'throw away', 'shut down', 'carry out' and 'take over', the words 'up', 'away', 'down', 'out' and 'over' are the adverbial particles.

Questions about adverbial particles

What is adverbial particles the plural of?
Adverbial particles is the plural of adverbial particle.

Words near adverbial particles in the dictionary

  1. adverbial numbers
  2. adverbial of time
  3. adverbial participle
  4. adverbial participles
  5. adverbial particle
  6. adverbial particles
  7. adverbial phrase
  8. adverbial phrases
  9. adverbialisation
  10. adverbialisations
  11. adverbialise

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