Word Type
For those interested in a little info about this site: it's a side project that I developed while working on Describing Words and Related Words. Both of those projects are based around words, but have much grander goals. I had an idea for a website that simply explains the word types of the words that you search for - just like a dictionary, but focussed on the part of speech of the words. And since I already had a lot of the infrastructure in place from the other two sites, I figured it wouldn't be too much more work to get this up and running.
The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. I initially started with WordNet, but then realised that it was missing many types of words/lemma (determiners, pronouns, abbreviations, and many more). This caused me to investigate the 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary - which is now in the public domain. However, after a day's work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors (especially with the part-of-speech tagging) for it to be viable for Word Type.
Finally, I went back to Wiktionary - which I already knew about, but had been avoiding because it's not properly structured for parsing. That's when I stumbled across the UBY project - an amazing project which needs more recognition. The researchers have parsed the whole of Wiktionary and other sources, and compiled everything into a single unified resource. I simply extracted the Wiktionary entries and threw them into this interface! So it took a little more work than expected, but I'm happy I kept at it after the first couple of blunders.
Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project (mentioned above), @mongodb and express.js.
Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old. I plan to update it to a newer version soon and that update should bring in a bunch of new word senses for many words (or more accurately, lemma).
FAQs
expansion. / (ɪkˈspænʃən) / noun. the act of expanding or the state of being expanded. something expanded; an expanded surface or part.
Is expansion a noun? ›
noun. /ɪkˈspænʃn/ [uncountable, countable] an act of increasing, or making something increase, in size, amount, or importance a period of rapid economic expansion Despite the recession, the company is confident of further expansion.
What type of word is expansion? ›
noun. the act or process of expanding.
Is expand a noun verb or adjective? ›
verb (used with object)
What is expansion in grammar? ›
What Are Expanded Sentences? Expanding a sentence means adding one or more words to the main clause to provide extra detail. It could be a few words, a phrase, or multiple clauses. Without a good understanding of sentence types, it's hard for students to understand the possibilities available to them.
How do you know if a word is a noun? ›
Nouns are commonly defined as people, places, or things. They address the "who" or "what" of a sentence. The most reliable sign that a given word is a noun is if it follows an article like "the" or "a." Examples: The world is round. I saw a vampire last night.
Is a noun considered a word? ›
A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, appositive, or modifier. Some noun examples include: cat.
What is the verb for expansion? ›
verb. ex·pand ik-ˈspand. expanded; expanding; expands.
What is considered expansion? ›
Definitions of expansion. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. synonyms: enlargement. antonyms: contraction. the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
What is expansion in vocabulary? ›
Vocabulary expansion is an integral part of mastering a language. The more words you learn, the better you are at understanding and explaining complex concepts. It is also linked to sounding fluent in a language. In this article, we would discuss vocabulary expansion techniques and exercises.
'Expansion' is the noun form of the word 'Expand'.
What is expansive as a noun? ›
noun. /ɪkˈspænsɪvnəs/ /ɪkˈspænsɪvnəs/ [uncountable] great size; the fact that something covers a large area.
What is an expanded noun word? ›
An adjective is a describing word, such as 'astonished', 'menacing' or 'difficult'. In its simplest form, an expanded noun phrase means that more than one adjective is used to give more detail about a noun e.g. 'She ate a bowl of delicious, ice-cold, strawberry ice-cream. ' ('ice-cream' is the noun).
What is expansion in writing? ›
Expansion of ideas is the method by which you go into further depth of your ideas. You must first understand the meaning and then try to restate the given phrase or statement. The best technique to expand a sentence or a proverb is to write synonyms for the original keywords and then expand it using those synonyms.
What is expansion examples? ›
A liquid, when heated, will expand and can be made to rise up a tube. Thermometers use the expansion of a liquid such as mercury or alcohol to measure the temperature using a calibrated scale. The cables that hang between electricity pylons must have some loose means not tightly in position on them.
What is the verb expansion rule? ›
The main verb phrase formula, also know as the verb expansion rule, describes which tense and participle morphemes are affixed to the auxiliaries and verb of the main verb phrase. It is a descriptive analytical tool, designed to help you distinguish between the main verb phrase and other, especially verbal, phrases.
Is expend a verb or noun? ›
The verb expend means to spend or pay out.
What is an expanding noun? ›
Expanded noun phrases add more detail to the noun by adding one or more adjectives close adjectivesWords that describes a noun.. For example: a huge tree. some colourful sweets. the large, royal castle.
What is extension as a noun? ›
noun. the act of extending or the condition of being extended. something that can be extended or that extends another object.
