Language Study Terms
Knowing these words will be useful in your study of English, and will also help you to use Oxford Learner's Dictionaries more effectively. Select a word or phrase from the list to see its definition in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
abbreviation noun
active adjective, noun
adjective noun
adverb noun
antonym noun
apostrophe noun
article noun
auxiliary noun
auxiliary verb noun
bracket (British English) noun
clause noun
colon noun
comma noun
comparative adjective, noun
compound noun, adjective
conditional adjective, noun
conjunction noun
consonant noun
continuous adjective
contraction noun
countable adjective
count noun noun
derivative noun
determiner noun
dialect noun
entry noun
exclamation noun
exclamation mark (British English) noun
exclamation point (North American English) noun
figurative adjective
full stop (British English) noun
full point (British English) noun
gerund noun
hyphen noun
idiom noun
imperative adjective, noun
indirect speech noun
infinitive noun
interjection noun
intransitive adjective
inverted commas (British English) noun
ironic adjective
irregular adjective
literal adjective
literary adjective
mass noun noun
modal noun
non-count (North American English) adjective
opposite noun
ordinal noun
paragraph noun
parenthesis noun
part of speech noun
participle noun
particle noun
passive adjective, noun
perfect adjective, noun
period (North American English) noun
phrasal verb noun
plural noun, adjective
possessive adjective
prefix noun
preposition noun
progressive adjective
pronoun noun
punctuation noun
question mark noun
question tag noun
quotation marks noun
quotes noun
reflexive adjective
register noun
regular adjective
relative adjective
reported speech noun
saying noun
semicolon noun
simple adjective
singular noun, adjective
slang noun
slash noun
speech marks noun
subject noun
suffix noun
superlative adjective, noun
syllable noun
synonym noun
taboo adjective
tag question noun
tense noun
transitive adjective
uncountable adjective
verb noun
vowel noun
word class noun