<span>The abreviation after a word in a dictionary tell you what part of speech the defined word is.
The
defined word can be a noun (n), pronoun (pron), adjective (adj), adverb
(adv), verb (vb), conjunction (conj), preposition (prep), or
interjection (interj).
Other parts of a dictionary are:
Entry word - word to be defined pronunciation - how to pronounce the entry word part of speech - what part of speech the entry word is definition - literal meaning of the entry word plural form - how the entry word is writted in plural form origin - shows the origin of the entry word
Guide words - tells the first and last words found in the page pronunciation guides - explains the meaning of the symbols used in the pronunciation.</span>
The abbreviations after a word in the dictionary tell you the part of speech. This is important because when looking up a word in a dictionary it is important to know how the word can function in a sentence. Some words also have different forms when it changes part of speech. For example, happy is an adjective, happiness is a noun. Common abbreviations for the parts of speech are: noun (n), pronoun (pron), adjective (adj), adverb (adv), verb (vb), conjunction (conj), preposition (prep), or interjection (interj).
Dictionary entries also contain information about the word's pronunciation, definition, origin, and alternative forms.
