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noun

noun as in substantive

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It can also be used as a noun.

From BBC

When you’re more naive, you think of it as like a noun, but it’s a doing thing.

His name now lives in ignominy as both a noun and an adjective used to describe such political witch hunts.

From Salon

If it upsets you to see “primeval” used as a noun, there are more upsetting things ahead, believe me.

"We started with the basics - the alphabet, nouns, verbs, present continuous," she says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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