word order

word or·der

W w

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wurd awr-der]
- /wɜrd ˈɔr dər/
- /wɜːd ˈɔːdə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wurd awr-der]
- /wɜrd ˈɔr dər/

Definitions of word order words

noun word order the way in which words are arranged in sequence in a sentence or smaller construction: In Latin, word order is freer than in English. 1
noun word order the arrangement of words in a phrase, clause, or sentence. In many languages, including English, word order plays an important part in determining meanings expressed in other languages by inflections 0
noun word order the arrangement of words in a phrase, clause, or sentence 0
noun word order The order of the syntactic constituents of a language. 0

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Origin of word order

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Word order

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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word order popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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