sudden meaning
EN
[ˈsʌdən] [ˈsɐdⁿn̩] [-ʌdən] 
US WSudden
- James Green aka Sudden is a fictional character created by an English author Oliver Strange in the early 1930s as the hero of a series, originally published by George Newnes Books Ltd, set in the American Wild West era.
- NounPLsuddens
- (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
- (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.
- AdjectiveCOMmore suddenSUPmost sudden
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
- (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
- Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
- AdverbCOMmore suddenSUPmost sudden
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.
- For example, the terrorist attack in New York on September 11, 2001, caused a sudden drop in the US market and had a flow on effect to the Australian market, which dropped about 10% within a few days.
- “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- You can't turn round and blame me all of a sudden.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of sudden in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adjectives ending in -en
- Adjectives ending in -en
- Adverbs
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -en
- Adjectives ending in -en
- Adjectives ending in -en
- Words suffixed with -en
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "sudden" is an adjective, more specifically, an adjectives ending in -en. It's also an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.