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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•jec•to•ry (in′tər jek′tə rē),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by interjection;
interjectional. - thrust in;
interjected:an interjectory word.
- interject + -ory1 1855–60
in′ter•jec′to•ri•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•jec•tion /ˌɪntɚˈdʒɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act of interjecting.
- [countable] something interjected, as a remark.
- Grammar[countable] a word or short phrase used to express emotion, such as Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh! Good grief! Indeed! Abbr.: interj.
See -jec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•jec•tion (in′tər jek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of interjecting.
- something interjected, as a remark.
- the utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion; the uttering of an exclamation.
- Grammar
- any member of a class of words expressing emotion, distinguished in most languages by their use in grammatical isolation, as Hey! Oh! Ouch! Ugh!
- any other word or expression so used, as Good grief! Indeed!
- Latin interjectiōn- (stem of interjectiō). See interject, -ion
- late Middle English interjeccio(u)n 1400–50
in′ter•jec′tion•al, in•ter•jec•tur•al (in′tər jek′chər əl),USA pronunciation adj. in′ter•jec′tion•al•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: interjection /ˌɪntəˈdʒɛkʃən/ n - a word or remark expressing emotion; exclamation
- the act of interjecting
- a word or phrase that is characteristically used in syntactic isolation and that usually expresses sudden emotion; expletive
Abbreviation: interj. ˌinterˈjectional, ˌinterˈjectory adj ˌinterˈjectionally adv |