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HOWTO.1 Full entries
Full entries normally contain five sections:
1. Headword section
The first paragraph of the entry, or headword section, gives
° the main headword in large bold type
Where there are two different headwords which are spelt in the
same way, or two distinct new meanings of the same word, these are
distinguished by superior numbers after the headword.
° the part of speech, or grammatical category, of the word in italic
type
In this book, all the names of the parts of speech are written out
in full. The ones used in the book are adjective, adverb,
interjection, noun, pronoun, and verb There are also entries in
this book for the word-forming elements (combining form, prefix,
and suffix) and for abbreviations, which have abbreviation in the
part-of-speech slot if they are pronounced letter by letter in
speech (as is the case, for example, with BSE or PWA), but acronym
if they are normally pronounced as words in their own right (Aids,
NIMBY, PIN, etc.).
When a new word or sense is used in more than one part of speech,
the parts of speech are listed in the headword section of the
entry and a separate definition section is given for each part of
speech.
° other spellings of the headword (if any) follow the part of speech
in bold type
° the subject area(s) to which the word relates are shown at the end
of the headword section in parentheses (see "Subject Areas" in
topic HOWTO.5).
The subject areas are only intended to give a general guide to the
field of use of a particular word or sense. In addition to the