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noun (no̵un)

noun

Gram. any of a class of words naming or denoting a person, thing, place, action, quality, etc. (Ex.: woman, water, New York, talking, beauty)

Etymology: ME nowne < OFr noun, nom < L nomen, name

noun Synonyms

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n.

substantive, term, part of speech, nominal, common noun, proper noun; see also label, language 2, name 1.

noun Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • capitalize: Example: higher yields Capitalize proper nouns to search for specific people, places, or products.
  • precede: Adjectives are a little more straightforward, since they normally precede the noun they modify.
  • modify: This extra detail is said to modify the noun: here, three extra words have achieved this: The + drunken + young.
  • qualify: Precise words are far more effective than everyday nouns qualified with extra adjectives.
  • replace: Pronouns are a set of short words which stand for or replace nouns or noun phrases.
  • describe: Some adjectives describe a noun by showing possession, for instance: Maryam was never late with her homework.

Preposition: with

  • pronoun: Replace each of the underlined nouns with a pronoun.

Adjective modifier

  • plural: My webpage does not cover possessive plural nouns, a whole new can of worms!
  • singular: Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
  • masculine: For example: - 1,20 is written as ein Euro zwanzig as " der Euro " is a masculine noun.
  • uncountable: For example, it has become acceptable in most NS Englishes to use of certain uncountable nouns in countable ways ( e.g.
  • feminine: As we saw in the previous section, it is clear that the adjective refers back to the feminine noun " street " .
  • countable: The next basic point is which nouns can have ' a ' : only countable common nouns in the singular.

Modifies a noun

  • phrase: In example 2, the word play follows a noun phrase The Foxes which is in the subject position.
  • plural: There are no conjugations and no noun plural forms at all.
  • clause: It is always a noun, pronoun, or noun clause.
  • incorporation: Sadock, Jerrold ( 1986 ) Some notes on noun incorporation.

Noun used with modifier

  • verb: Try not to verb nouns or to adjective them.
  • compound: The following compound nouns are used in the puzzle.
  • head: Prepositions and postpositions marking at the same time on a head noun ).
noun Quotes

The point is the seeingöthe grace beyond recognition, the ways of the bird rising, unnamed, unknown, beyond the range of language, beyond its noun. Eyes open on growing, flying, happening, and go on opening. Manifold, the world dawns on unrecognizing, realizing eyes. Amazement is the thing. Not love, but the astonishment of loving.

—Reid, Alastair

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun proper or improper. See Hugo 421:83.

—Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster

Browse dictionary entries near noun

  1. noumenon
  2. Noumea
  3. nought
  4. nougat
  5. Nouakchott
  6. notwithstanding
  7. notum
  8. Nottinghamshire
  9. Nottingham
  10. Notre Dame
  1. nourish
  2. nourishing
  3. nourishment
  4. nous
  5. nouveau
  6. nouveau riche
  7. nouvelle
  8. nouvelle cuisine
  9. Nov
  10. nova