noun phrasenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnaʊn ˌfreɪz/us/ˈnaʊn ˌfreɪz/a group of words in a sentence that together behave as a noun:
In the sentences "We took the night train" and "Do you know the man sitting in the corner?" "the night train" and "the man sitting in the corner" are noun phrases.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- countable noun
- definite article
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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