Word Category Abbreviations

Word Category Abbreviations

Here is a list of all word category abbreviations in the dictionary, and what they mean:

adj	adjective	describes a noun; agrees with the noun in number
adv	adverb	describes a verb
con	connector	joins clauses or phrases
dem	demonstrative	points to a particular noun
exp	expression	greeting or other word that stands alone as a sentence
v.n.l	location verbal noun	a verb used as a location of the action
n	noun	a person, animal, place, thing, or idea
n.pl	plural noun	a grammatically plural noun that does not have a singular
n.sg	singular noun	a grammatically singular noun that does not have a plural
num	number	word that tells the actual amount of a noun
v.n.per	person verbal noun	a verb used as person doing the action
con.pos	possessor connector	introduces a possessor of a possessed noun
prep	preposition	introduces a noun or noun phrase
pron.obj	object pronoun	a substitute for a noun receiving the action
pron.poss	possessor pronoun	a substitute for a noun possessing another noun
pron.prep	prepositional pronoun	a substitute for a noun introduced by a preposition
pron.sub	subject pronoun	a substitute for a noun doing the action
quan	quantity	tells the amount of a thing or person
ques	question word	asks a question
rel	relative connector	introduces a phrase or clause that describes or identifies a noun
v.n.tol	tool verbal noun	a verb used as an object doing the action
v	verb	an action, motion, state, change, equal sign
v.dep	dependent verb	a verb in a dependent clause
v.inf	infinitive verb	a verb following another verb or used as a action noun
v.inf.cont	infinitive continuous verb	an infinitive verb with continuous action
v.i	intranstive verb	a verb that cannot have an object
v.t	transitive verb	a verb that can have an object which receives the action