G Anomalous verb H Transitive verb I Intransitive verb J Both transitive and intransitive verb .0 stem+s, stem+ing, stem+ed (like "work") .1 stem+es, stem+ing, stem+ed (like "wish") .2 replace final "e" by es, ing or ed (like "love") .3 replace final "y" by ies, ying or ied (like "apply") .4 stem+s; double final letter +ing or +ed (like "abet") .5 all inflexions are given in full since at least one of them is irregular .a 3rd person sing present tense .b present participle (-ing form) .c past tense .d past participle .e some other part of the verb .f contraction of pronoun with verb .g contraction of verb with "not" .h other contraction K Countable noun L Uncountable noun M Both countable and uncountable noun .6 add s to form the plural (like "cat") .7 add es (like "fox") .8 replace final y by ies (like "pony") .9 plural is the same as the singular (like "sheep") .@ no plural .i singular form (pl is irregular or non-existent) .j plural form .k plural in form but behaves like a singular, eg "economics" (may be used as a plural also, eg "acoustics is a modern science/the acoustics of this hall are dreadful") N Proper noun .l forenames of people .m countries, states, counties .n towns and cities .o other O Adjective .A No -r or -st form .B Comp is +r, Sup is +st (like "subtle") .C +er, +est (like "light") .D Change final y to ier, iest (like "heavy") .E Comp or Sup irregular - given in full .p only used predicatively .q only used attributively .r comparative .s superlative .t can be attached to a preceding word by a hyphen P Adverb .u adverb (not interrog or relative) .v interrogative adverb .w relative adverb .+ adverbial particle Q Pronoun .x pronoun (not interrog or relative) .y interrogative pronoun .z relative pronoun R Definite article S Indefinite article T Preposition U Prefix V Conjunction W Interjection X Particle Z Not classified Y Abbreviation .> singular noun .) plural noun .] both sing and plur .} uncountable noun .: title .= proper noun .~ other