What part of speech is papers?

Papers can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. papers is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of paper (infinitive).
  • 2. papers is a noun, plural of paper.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does papers mean?

Definitions

Verb

paper - cover with paper; "paper the box"
paper - cover with wallpaper

Noun

papers - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

Examples of papers

#   Sentence  
1. noun The newly released papers, showing him complicit in the airliner bombing, were mentioned.
2. noun The fellow was carrying papers from Zawahiri and bragging about his ability to manipulate anthrax.
3. noun Perhaps something got lost in the translation, but the phrase "Chemical Wire Group" has appeared in all the english Pakistan and India papers.
4. noun The papers found at headquarters of the Mukhabarat, Iraq's secret police, show that an entourage from Al Qaeda group was sent to the Iraqi capital in March 1998 from Sudan.
5. noun The trustee's oppositon papers are now due Nov 27 and Enron reply is due Dec 1.
6. noun The other guy was pulled over one day and a cop saw suspicious papers with names and social security numbers on it.
7. noun He said it was the same tire, and verified this, after checking both the actual tire on my car and my service papers from earlier in the week.
8. noun Next thing you know, you'll be in the papers.
9. noun Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
10. noun The papers that were in the safe are gone.
11. noun Submit your term papers to Professor White.
12. noun The students turned in their term papers.
13. noun I was asked to put away all the papers we used at the meeting.
14. noun The lock on my drawer had been tampered with and some of my papers were missing.
15. noun I only missed one day of work because of a cold and my desk is piled high with papers.
16. verb Paper the box.
Sentence  
noun
The newly released papers, showing him complicit in the airliner bombing, were mentioned.
The fellow was carrying papers from Zawahiri and bragging about his ability to manipulate anthrax.
Perhaps something got lost in the translation, but the phrase "Chemical Wire Group" has appeared in all the english Pakistan and India papers.
The papers found at headquarters of the Mukhabarat, Iraq's secret police, show that an entourage from Al Qaeda group was sent to the Iraqi capital in March 1998 from Sudan.
The trustee's oppositon papers are now due Nov 27 and Enron reply is due Dec 1.
The other guy was pulled over one day and a cop saw suspicious papers with names and social security numbers on it.
He said it was the same tire, and verified this, after checking both the actual tire on my car and my service papers from earlier in the week.
Next thing you know, you'll be in the papers.
Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
The papers that were in the safe are gone.
Submit your term papers to Professor White.
The students turned in their term papers.
I was asked to put away all the papers we used at the meeting.
The lock on my drawer had been tampered with and some of my papers were missing.
I only missed one day of work because of a cold and my desk is piled high with papers.
verb
Paper the box.

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