Samuthra - The Princess of Ocean #13

Words taking different roles..

Every single person have multiple roles in everyone's life. The same person is a son to his parents, grandson to his grandparents, son-in-law to his uncle and so on, it's based on the relations which he/she have. Similarly words also takes gifferent forms.

A same word may be used as a noun in one context, verb in other context and so on. Words acts as a noun, verb, adverb and so on depending upon the context. Here are few examples for words which takes different forms according to the situations.


1. Back:
Back as a noun:
   He hit his back.(here back is a "part of human body")
Back as a verb:
   The College backs its efficient students.(here back means "to support")
Back as an adverb:
   He is back from his tour.(here back means "to return")

2. Leave:
Leave as a noun:
The Company granted him leave.(here leave means "day off")
Leave as a verb:
She will leave the class once the period is over.(here leave means "get moving")

3. Slow:
Slow as an adverb:
The film moves slow in its screenplay.(here slow indicates "the low speed")
Slow as an adjective:
He is a slow learner.(here slow indicates "the progress is normal than expected")

4. Post:
Post as a noun:
He occupies a strong post in his company.(here post means "the position")
Post as a verb:
He want to post his letter.(here post means "to transit")

Project as a noun:
The project is submitted.(here project means "work/activity")
Project as a verb:
Anchors have to learn to project their voices.(here project means "to raise the voice")

These words take different meaning and different roles based on the context. I believe everyone learnt how to use the same word in different context. Have fun using same words in different ways.

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