noun🔗ShareA profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath."When he dropped the heavy box on his foot, a string of expletives escaped his mouth. "curselanguagewordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position."The teacher reminded the students to avoid using unnecessary expletives like "there" and "it" at the beginning of their sentences to make their writing more direct. "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.""Wow, that's a terrible report card!" The teacher used expletives like "horrible" and "unacceptable" to emphasize how bad the student's performance was. "languagegrammarwordcurseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
