nounnoun /naʊn/ ●●● noun [countable] 
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1300-1400 Anglo-French ‘name, noun’, from Old French nom, from Latin nomen; ➔ NOMINALEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- And very often an indefinite article possibly with some er a noun phrase with some modifier.
- But the grammarian is tongue-tied without his labels: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, pronoun.
- It is a member of a class known as classical nouns.
- Others including prepositions, noun group compounds, individual constraints, synonyms, etc.
- The probability of each part of speech starting and ending a noun phrase was then determined from this data.
- The superior recognition of gender-marked nouns and pronouns were marshalled as further evidence of their precocious development.
- We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time.
WORD SETS► Grammar
Collocationsabbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► abstract
a word or group of words that represent a person (such as ‘Michael’, ‘teacher’, or ‘police officer’), a place (such as ‘France’ or ‘school’), a thing or activity (such as ‘coffee’ or ‘football’), or a quality or idea (such as ‘danger’ or ‘happiness’). Nouns can be used as the subject or object of a verb (as in ‘The teacher arrived’ or ‘We like the teacher’) or as the object of a preposition (as in ‘good at football’). → common noun, count noun, proper noun· Think about clichés, abstract nouns, adjectives and adverbs.· We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time.· Have you used words that are too familiar, worn-out similes, too many abstract nouns?· But introducing an abstract noun is not the same thing as providing an explanation.
► collective· Take our changing use of collective nouns to describe the groups of people we work with.· Our collective noun is an Apprehension of Agents.
► plural· There are 60 grammatical categories specified within this lexicon indicating such properties as transitive verb, plural noun, proper noun etc.
► proper· There are 60 grammatical categories specified within this lexicon indicating such properties as transitive verb, plural noun, proper noun etc.· Answer: a. Why: Use hyphens with a prefix and a proper noun.· First, proper name and noun are different description types, serving different functions.· Their problem is with proper nouns, not ordinary nouns.· The facility to add more words to the lexicon should also be considered, especially for proper nouns and technical terms.· A text for students devoted seven pages to the use of a capital letter to indicate a proper noun.· Another quarter of the omissions arose from previously unseen proper nouns.
NOUN► phrase· Impressive results were obtained, with only 5 out of 243 noun phrase brackets being omitted.· In both cases, we have a minor constituent of the category noun phrase without any special marking.· This network defines acceptable noun phrases as consisting of the categories determiner, optional adjective string, noun and optional prepositional phrases.· By his analysis almost two thirds of these noun phrase types are represented only once.