The that is over the e in legal, tells that it is a long e, as in bee.
The _______________ mark tells you that the first syllable of the word is stressed.
Following the entry word and pronunciation is a label that identifies the word’s _________ _____ ____________ .
The accent mark tells you that the first syllable of the word is stressed.
Following the entry word and pronunciation is a label that identifies the word's part of speech.
The diacritic mark that is over the e in legal is known as a macron. This macron indicates that the vowel is pronounced as a long e, similar to the sound in the word "bee".
The diacritic mark that tells you that the first syllable of the word is stressed is called an accent mark or stress mark. It is commonly seen as a small vertical line or apostrophe above the stressed syllable.
Following the entry word and pronunciation is a label that identifies the word's part of speech. This label indicates whether the word is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.
Following the entry word and pronunciation is a label that identifies the word’s part of speech or grammatical category.
To determine the part of speech or grammatical category of a word, you can follow these steps:
1. Look for the label that immediately follows the entry word and pronunciation.
2. Read the label to identify the part of speech. Labels commonly used include noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
For example, let's consider the word "legal" as mentioned in your question. If we see the label "adj" or "adjective" following the word "legal" in a dictionary entry, it tells us that "legal" is being used as an adjective in that context. Similarly, other labels would indicate different parts of speech or grammatical categories.