Meaning of NOUN
| Pronunciation: | | nawn
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- [n] a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
- [n] a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
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| | See Also: | | collective noun, common noun, content word, count noun, declension, major form class, mass noun, open-class word, proper name, proper noun, substantive | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Noun\, n. [OF. noun, nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L.
nomen name. See {Name}.] (Gram.)
A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature
or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.
Note: By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to
include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in
general it is limited to substantives.
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