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- [noun]
- /naʊn/
- /naʊn/
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- [noun]
- /naʊn/
Definitions of noun word
- noun noun any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group. See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase. Synonyms: substantive, name. 1
- noun noun (grammar) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. 1
- noun noun grammar 1
- countable noun noun A noun is a word such as 'car', 'love', or 'Anne' which is used to refer to a person or thing. 0
- noun noun a word or group of words that refers to a person, place, or thing or any syntactically similar word 0
- noun noun (as modifier) 0
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Origin of noun
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English nowne < Anglo-French noun < Latin nōmen name
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Noun
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
noun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
noun usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for noun
noun noun
- nominal — being such in name only; so-called; putative: a nominal treaty; the nominal head of the country.
- common noun — A common noun is a noun such as 'tree', 'water', or 'beauty' that is not the name of one particular person or thing. Compare proper noun.
- proper noun — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
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