major form class

1. 1.

   any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar

   Broaderpart of speech

   Narrowernounverbadjectiveadverb

Questions about major form class

What does major form class mean?

major form class means "any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar".

Is major form class a common word?

major form class is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.