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PRONUNCIATION OF INDEFINITE PRONOUN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEFINITE PRONOUN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indefinite pronoun is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDEFINITE PRONOUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indefinite pronoun

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to one or more unspecified beings, objects, or places.

Definition of indefinite pronoun in the English dictionary

The definition of indefinite pronoun in the dictionary is a pronoun having no specific referent, such as someone, anybody, or nothing.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEFINITE PRONOUN

indefeasibility
indefeasible
indefeasibleness
indefeasibly
indefectibility
indefectible
indefectibly
indefensibility
indefensible
indefensibleness
indefensibly
indefinability
indefinable
indefinableness
indefinably
indefinite
indefinite article
indefinite integral
indefinitely
indefiniteness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEFINITE PRONOUN

abstract noun
adnoun
collective noun
common noun
concrete noun
count noun
countable noun
disjunctive pronoun
mass noun
noun
personal pronoun
possessive pronoun
pronoun
proper noun
reflexive pronoun
relative pronoun
singular noun
subject pronoun
uncountable noun
verbal noun

Synonyms and antonyms of indefinite pronoun in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indefinite pronoun» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEFINITE PRONOUN

Find out the translation of indefinite pronoun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indefinite pronoun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indefinite pronoun» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不定代词
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pronombre indefinido
570 millions of speakers

English

indefinite pronoun
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिश्चितकालीन सर्वनाम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضمير لأجل غير مسمى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неопределенное местоимение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pronome indefinido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনির্দিষ্ট সর্বনাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pronom indéfini
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kata ganti tak tentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbestimmte Pronomen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不定代名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정 대명사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung sulih ora mesthi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại từ không xác định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலவரையற்ற பிரதிபெயர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चित सर्वनाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Süresiz zamir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pronome indefinito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaimek nieokreślony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невизначене займенник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pronume nedefinit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αόριστη αντωνυμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbepaalde voornaamwoord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obestämd pronomen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubestemt pronomen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indefinite pronoun

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINITE PRONOUN»

The term «indefinite pronoun» is normally little used and occupies the 140.414 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEFINITE PRONOUN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indefinite pronoun» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indefinite pronoun» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indefinite pronoun

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEFINITE PRONOUN»

Discover the use of indefinite pronoun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indefinite pronoun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Historical Syntax and Morphology: Selected Papers ...
The indefinite pronoun man/me( n) is unlikely to occur in this position as it cannot provide an anaphoric link with previous material, and its niche was increasingly taken over by the impersonal passive. 2. Previous proposals The indefinite ...
Teresa Fanego, María José López-Couso, Javier Pérez-Guerra, 2002
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Comic-strip Grammar: 40 Reproducible Cartoons with Engaging ...
Can you find the mistake he made with an indefinite pronoun? GRAMMAR WORKSHOP What are indefinite pronouns? Indefinite pronouns do not refer to a specific noun. Singular indefinite pronouns include: one, each, anyone, everybody, ...
Dan Greenberg, 2000
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A Primer of Biblical Greek
The Indefinite Pronoun and Adjective The forms of the indefinite pronoun and adjective are as follows: Singular Plural Masc. Fern. Neut. Masc. Fern. Neut. N. tic , ti N. tivec, Tivd G. tivoc, tivoc, G. tivwv tivcov D. Tivi Tivi D. Tiai(v) Tiai(v) A. Tivd ti  ...
N. Clayton Croy, 2007
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Basic English Review
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not define or stand for a particular person, place, thing, concept, quality, or activity. Many indefinite pronouns express some idea of quantity. These are common indefinite pronouns: all each many ...
Karen Schneiter Williams, 2009
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Introductory book to dr. Ollendorff's New method of learning ...
Quidam (indefinite pronoun), somebody, such a one, a certain person, 126. Quilibet (indefinite pronoun), whoever it may be, 127. Quis? quid? (interrogative pronoun), who? what? 126; (indefinite), some one, 126. Substantives masculine in us, ...
Heinrich Godefroy Ollendorff, 1862
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Tennessee Gateway: High School Exit Exam in English Language ...
However, because "all" is an indefinite pronoun, you must look to the prepositional phrase to determine what is being written about, which is the plural noun "teammates." As a result, the indefinite pronoun "all" is plural and agrees with the ...
Naomi A. Wolfe, 2007
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The Nordic Languages 2: An International Handbook of the ...
This change practically eliminated dual as a grammatical category which, however, remains in the interrogative pronoun hvor 'which of two' vs. fiver 'who' and in the rare indefinite pronoun hvor tveggja 'which of two' even today. 3.3.2.
Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmuller, Ernst-Hakon Jahr, 2005
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The Life of Language: Papers in Linguistics in Honor of ...
As has been pointed out by Haspelmath (1993: 9), the use of the term "indefinite pronoun" differs from that of other comparable terms like "demonstrative pronoun" , "relative pronoun", and "interrogative pronoun" in most of the traditional ...
Jane H. Hill, P. J. Mistry, Lyle Campbell, 1998
9
Poetic Castles in Spain: British Romanticism and Figurations ...
... are composed of *<s>- elements' (a.k.a. 'sentences').3 So the definition that seemed the most practicable was that the program should find all instances where the indefinite pronoun and the personal/ possessive/reflexive pronoun appear ...
Diego Saglia, John M. Kirk, 2000
10
The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic ...
Proto—Afroasiatic *ma—/*ma— interrogative and relative pronoun stem: Proto— Semitic *mti—/*m i— interrogative and relative pronoun stem > Akkadian (interj) ma 'what?, whyl; indeed, verily', (indefinite pronoun) mamman 'anybody, ...
Allan R. Bomhard, John C. Kerns, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEFINITE PRONOUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indefinite pronoun is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'One' Means to a Linguist - The Chronicle of Higher Education
... a pompous formal-style indefinite pronoun denoting an arbitrary person who might or might not be the speaker (One must try to do one's best, ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
2
'All' can actually mean 'totality,' 'everything' or even 'nothing but'
Here's the question of Justine Aragones: “Why is the indefinite pronoun 'all' treated as singular rather than plural in this popular saying: 'The ... «The Manila Times, Jun 15»
3
This SAT Practice Question Has Taylor Swift Totally Stumped
The book's answer is presumably that the indefinite pronoun “somebody” is always singular. So (despite gender issues) the lyric to the 2009 hit ... «TIME, Mar 15»
4
Monthly etymology gleanings for November 2014
All this is especially irritating because the indefinite pronoun one seems to owe its existence to French on. However, on and man, can function ... «OUPblog, Nov 14»
5
Monthly etymology gleanings for October 2014, Part 1
One, our correspondent points out, is not only an indefinite pronoun but also a noun, a circumstance ignored by grammarians. However ... «OUPblog, Oct 14»
6
The new, tiresome culture of outrage
As you read this column, he is whipping himself up into a righteous frenzy over my use of "he" as an indefinite pronoun even though "they" is ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»
7
9th Circ. Fails Innocent Insureds In Diocese Case
By its very nature, an indefinite pronoun refers to a nonspecific person or thing (e.g., a nonspecific assured).[11] Thus, the conclusion that “the ... «Law360, Aug 14»
8
Taking on black money
But in situations such as these, when an indefinite pronoun like "everybody" is followed by a pronoun, the pronoun may observe the notional ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 14»
9
“ProCredit Bank” failed in three court cases against its client, is this a …
It is worth mentioning that this second court case revolved around the definition of an indefinite pronoun which the “transparent” ProCredit Bank ... «Messenger.ge, Apr 14»
10
Judaism: Rashi vs. Ramban: Presence
It is this ambiguity of the indefinite pronoun "lo" that creates the ambiguity in translation. Hebrew has no capital letters; what is the antecedent ... «Arutz Sheva, Oct 13»

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