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adverbial particle

noun

Definitions

  1. The adverbial component of a phrasal verb

    The adverbial component of a phrasal verb; a word, typically a short one, which functions as an adverb accompanying and qualifying the verb component of a phrasal verb.

    • In the phrasal verbs 'set up', 'throw away', 'shut down', 'carry out' and 'take over', the words 'up', 'away', 'down', 'out' and 'over' are the adverbial particles.

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No curated loop yet for adverbial particle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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