What part of speech is residual?

Residual can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. residual is a noun, singular of residuals.
  • 2. residual is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more residual
    most residual
  • Positive: residual 
  • Comparative: more residual
  • Superlative: most residual

What does residual mean?

Definitions

Adjective

residual - relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity"

Noun

residual - (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing; "he could retire on his residuals"
residual - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

Examples of residual

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Residual quantity.
2. adj. Ten years later your check should still be the same or greater, fulfilling the promise of long-term residual income.
3. adj. You will discover: · How to Create the Security of Residual Income; · Why Agel is the Best Vehicle to Live Your Dreams; · The Amazing Scientific Breakthrough Behind the Products; · How the "Quadra-Plan" Builds Bigger Bonus Checks Faster; · The Support System in Place to Help You Build Stronger; and · The Secret to Lock in a "Legacy" Position!
4. adj. Now clean up any residual dust.
5. adj. They were left with residual feelings of guilt even though they knew they had done nothing wrong.
Sentence  
adj.
Residual quantity.
Ten years later your check should still be the same or greater, fulfilling the promise of long-term residual income.
You will discover: · How to Create the Security of Residual Income; · Why Agel is the Best Vehicle to Live Your Dreams; · The Amazing Scientific Breakthrough Behind the Products; · How the "Quadra-Plan" Builds Bigger Bonus Checks Faster; · The Support System in Place to Help You Build Stronger; and · The Secret to Lock in a "Legacy" Position!
Now clean up any residual dust.
They were left with residual feelings of guilt even though they knew they had done nothing wrong.

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