noun
Example Sentences
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But the majority explained “the noun ‘election’ must be distinguished from the noun phrase ‘election day’.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
It could literally substitute any noun, including Sulzberger, for Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
It can also be used as a noun.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
It was just a failure of the traditional grammarians to distinguish categories from functions that blinded them to the realization that a preposition could take a clause, not just a noun phrase, as its object.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing noun
Language and Grammar - Introductory
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Parts of Speech - Introductory
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