ADVERB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adverb mean? 

• ADVERB (noun)
  The noun ADVERB has 2 senses:

1. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

2. a word that modifies something other than a noun

  Familiarity information: ADVERB used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVERB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("adverb" is a kind of...):

major form class (any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar)

Holonyms ("adverb" is a part of...):

adverb (a word that modifies something other than a noun)

Derivation:

adverbial (of or relating to or functioning as an adverb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word that modifies something other than a noun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("adverb" is a kind of...):

modifier; qualifier (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)

Meronyms (parts of "adverb"):

adverb (the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adverb"):

positive; positive degree (the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution)

comparative; comparative degree (the comparative form of an adjective or adverb)

superlative; superlative degree (the superlative form of an adjective or adverb)

adverbial (a word or group of words function as an adverb)

Derivation:

adverbial (of or relating to or functioning as an adverb)