interjection

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
interjection

Plural
interjections

Category:Nouns
  1. (countable)Category:Countable nouns An interjection is a word that shows an emotion. It is not grammatically part of the sentence.
    The word "Yikes" is an interjection in the phrase "Yikes, what a scare."

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Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause
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