A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives or O as the vocative particle
A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely
a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
A particle of something is a very small piece or amount of it. There is a particle of truth in his statement. food particles
Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue
A word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech, such as the word to in English infinitives
In grammar, a particle is a preposition such as `into' or an adverb such as `out' which can combine with a verb to form a phrasal verb. Higgs particle particle accelerator particle physics subatomic particle elementary particle W particle wave particle duality Z particle