Part of speech of headword

Some entries may give a part of speech for the headword. This usually appears in a slightly different font after the headword. Capture this using the partOfSpeech element.

POS	Part of speech

//partOfSpeech

An entry may have more than one part of speech. Both may appear immediately after the headword, or there may be one part of speech, followed by a definition, followed by another part of speech and its definition. In the latter case, capture the second part of speech in a partOfSpeech element within the main text of the entry.

The following list gives the most common parts of speech:

n. [noun]
adj. [adjective]
v. [verb]
adv. [adverb]
prep. [preposition]
pron. [pronoun]

Manuscript

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XML


      <e id="acref-9780195123456-e-0355" doi="10.1093/acref/9780195123456.013.0355">
        <headwordGroup><headword>complement</headword><partOfSpeech>n.</partOfSpeech>
        </headwordGroup>
        <section role="main"><textMatter>
 <p>thing that contributes beneficial extra features. <partOfSpeech>v.</partOfSpeech>
              contribute extra features to</p></textMatter>
        </section>
      </e>

Manuscript

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XML


      <e id="acref-9780195123456-e-0636" doi="10.1093/acref/9780195123456.013.0636">
        <headwordGroup><headword>feint</headword><partOfSpeech>n. &amp;amp; v.</partOfSpeech>
        </headwordGroup>
        <section role="main"><textMatter>
 <p>(make) deceptive or pretended attack. <partOfSpeech>adj.</partOfSpeech> (of paper)
              printed with faint lines</p></textMatter>
        </section>
      </e>