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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERJECTION

interjection  [ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERJECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Interjection 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 INTERJECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Interjection

In grammar, an interjection or exclamation may be a word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker. Filled pauses such as uh, er, um are also considered interjections. Interjections are often placed at the beginning of a sentence. An interjection is sometimes expressed as a single word or non-sentence phrase, followed by a punctuation mark. The isolated usage of an interjection does not represent a complete sentence in conventional English writing. Thus, in formal writing, the interjection will be incorporated into a larger sentence clause. Interjection as a figure of speech refers to the use of one word. For example, lawyers in the United States of America traditionally say: Objection! or soldiers: Fire!.

Definition of interjection in the English dictionary

The first definition of interjection in the dictionary is a word or remark expressing emotion; exclamation. Other definition of interjection is the act of interjecting. Interjection is also a word or phrase that is characteristically used in syntactic isolation and that usually expresses sudden emotion; expletive interj.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERJECTION


abjection
æbˈdʒɛkʃən
bijection
baɪˈdʒɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
connection
kəˈnɛkʃən
correction
kəˈrɛkʃən
dejection
dɪˈdʒɛkʃən
direction
dɪˈrɛkʃən
disjection
dɪsˈdʒɛkʃən
injection
ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
introjection
ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkʃən
microinjection
ˌmaɪkrəʊɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
objection
əbˈdʒɛkʃən
postinjection
ˌpəʊstɪnˈdʒɛkʃən
projection
prəˈdʒɛkʃən
protection
prəˈtɛkʃən
section
ˈsɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən
subjection
səbˈdʒɛkʃən
surjection
sɜːˈdʒɛkʃən
trajection
trəˈdʒɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERJECTION

interiorization
interiorize
interiorly
interisland
interj.
interjacency
interjacent
interjaculate
interjaculatory
interject
interjectional
interjectionally
interjectionary
interjector
interjectory
interjectural
interjoin
interkineses
interkinesis
interknit

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERJECTION

accreditation
action
addiction
attraction
auction
construction
course of action
election
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
interaction
introduction
out of action
production
reaction
reduction
reproduction
satisfaction
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of interjection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTERJECTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «interjection» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of interjection

Translation of «interjection» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERJECTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

interjección
570 millions of speakers

English

interjection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विस्मयादिबोधक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المداخلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

междометие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interjeição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interjection
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Campur tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwischenruf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間投詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감탄사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Interjection
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thán từ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியப்பிடைச்சொல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोकळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ünlem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interiezione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykrzyknik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

междометие
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interjecție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιφώνημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tussenwerpsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

interjektion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

interjection
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interjection

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERJECTION»

The term «interjection» is regularly used and occupies the 90.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERJECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «interjection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «interjection» 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 interjection

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERJECTION»

Discover the use of interjection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interjection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues: COST ...
holophrastic meanings; while a “plurivocal” interjection is a sound sequence that has two or more different meanings, with at least one of them holophrastic. In this sense, a plurivocal interjection is a case of polysemic word: a word with two or ...
Anna Esposito, Amir Hussain, Maria Marinaro, 2009
2
The Classical Tibetan Language
tsos-tsos "tsk tsk." The classical language also makes use of an INTERJECTION FORMATIVE ?a- in such interjections as ?a-la-la "INTERJECTION OF DELIGHT," fa-ha-ha "INTERJECTION OF PLEASURE," ?a-tsa "INTERJECTION OF PITY," ...
Stephan V. Beyer, 1992
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The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren
II. Natural History 7271 III. Time as Hypnosis / 272 IV. Blow, West Wind / 273 Interjection #2: Caveat 1 274 V. I Am Dreaming of a White Christmas: The Natural History of a Vision / 275 Interjection #3: I Know a Place Where All is Real 1 282 VI .
Robert Penn Warren, John Burt, 1998
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Marathi
Naturally their classification is notional: Interjection of happiness, joy, pleasure: wa, wahwa, aha, oho, ahaha, wau. Interjection of sorrow, pain etc.: u, hay, arere, ayai, aiga, agaga, agai, siwasiwa, are dewa, oy. Interjection of surprise, wonder,  ...
Rame?a Dho?ga?e, 2009
5
Grammar: A Student's Guide
INTERJECTION the SPLIT-TOLERANT dialect has a way of expressing the ' solemn performance' meaning unambiguously, via the third sentence, with its split infinitive, which speakers of the SPLIT-RESISTANT dialect cannot bring themselves ...
James R. Hurford, 1994
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Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars
tradition of Ramus usually consider the interjection as an adverb. Again, Greaves is most faithful to his model (p.27). Butler does not mention the interjection explicitly and only gives one example ("lo") when discussing the adverb (p. 53).
Ute Dons, 2004
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The natural method of teaching the elements of grammar, for ...
Alas ! is an interjection Halloo ! is an interjection expressing grief. Ha ! is an interjection expressive of calling. Tush ! is an interjection expressing wonder. Heigh I is an interjection expressing contempt. Lo ! is an interjection expressing wonder.
Robert Pemberton (F.R.S.L.), 1851
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Japanese Discourse Markers: Synchronic and Diachronic ...
An interjection is a word which is a "sentence equivalent" (originally mentioned in Tokieda 1950: 179), and it does not conjugate (Ide 1965b:304). A reliable classification of Japanese interjections seems as the following dichotomy: ( 1 ) those ...
Noriko Onodera, 2004
9
Grammatical Analysis: Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics ; ...
The structure satisfies the well-formedness condition on the dependency tree, which shows that the highest node is a predicate verb that allows an interjection ( [-t-Ntjn]) fci^ and an adverb si to appear as its dependent sisters. As stated earlier  ...
Videa P. De Guzman, Byron Wilbur Bender, Stanley Starosta, 2000
10
Cross-cultural Pragmatics: The Semantics of Human Interaction
Interjections of 'disgust' and similar feelings Haiman (1989:157) calls the English interjection yuk "a language- specific verbalisation ... of a universal gesture of revulsion". He supports his contention that yuk is a "language-specific ...
Anna Wierzbicka, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERJECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term interjection is used in the context of the following news items.
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Amy Schumer Shares A Photo From Her Premiere on Late Night …
indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Focusing on the most interesting ! and ? in life, theinterrobang.com ... «The Interrobang, Jul 15»
2
Everyone's Annoyed With Amazon's 20 Year Anniversary "Deals …
indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Focusing on the most interesting ! and ? in life, theinterrobang.com ... «The Interrobang, Jul 15»
3
Helter-skelter dash on Pak - The Telegraph
The national security adviser's interjection into the conversations with Pakistan's envoy in New Delhi is one more step along that road of ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
James Smith Performs Stand Up on Conan - The Interrobang
indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Focusing on the most interesting ! and ? in life, theinterrobang.com ... «The Interrobang, Jul 15»
5
Poor broadband coverage prompts FSB action call - News …
The interjection by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland came as telecoms regulator Ofcom completed the first phase of its ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
6
Homosexuals 'put to death' quote causes outrage in same sex debate
The verses eventually brought the interjection of Enniskillen Sinn Fein councillor Tommy Maguire, who raised the council's diversity policy. «Fermanagh Herald, Jul 15»
7
Interjections on Bernie Sanders - Counterpunch
What follows is a detailed response through staggered interjection to McReynolds' defense and support of the Sanders presidential run. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
8
B.C. Health Minister Lake grilled over botched health firings (transcript)
Interjection. Hon. T. Lake: In 2012, 2013 officials met with the RCMP and made information available to them. Additional communication ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
9
Emmy Nominations are In! Here are the Comedy … - The Interrobang
indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Focusing on the most interesting ! and ? in life, theinterrobang.com ... «The Interrobang, Jul 15»
10
Step aside, NASA - the idiots of earth want their say | Daily Mail Online
... peaceful fly-by, unhindered by the all-consuming silence of outer space, turned out to be rudely interrupted by an interjection of grave import. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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