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word class

word class noun: a linguistic form class whose members are words.

Noun

word class (plural word classes)

  1. 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
  2. A linguistic form or structure class whose members are words.
    Synonyms:
    part of speech

word class meaning in Tamil

word class in Tamil

சொல் வகுப்பு

Synonyms of word class

Forms of word class

pluralword classes

Origin of word class

From word + class.

Questions about word class

What does word class mean?
Word class means a linguistic form class whose members are words.
What is word class in Tamil?
Word class in Tamil is சொல் வகுப்பு. See Word class meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is word class?
Word class is a noun.
What is the plural of word class?
The plural of word class is word classes.

Words near word class in the dictionary

  1. word breaks
  2. word bubble
  3. word bubbles
  4. word chain
  5. word chains
  6. word class
  7. word classes
  8. word clock
  9. word cloud
  10. word clouds
  11. word count

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Adapted from Wiktionary: word class (page history and authors); word class (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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