noun
[naʊn]
Definition:
1. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
2. A word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb.
Use 'noun' in a sentence:
- What kind of noun is this?
- Fail—"a noun or interjection used when something is egregiously unsuccessful"—was 2009's the most useful word.
- Nominative is used when the noun is the subject or a predicate nominative.
- Noun: the luff is the leading edge of a sail.
- Definition: ( noun) a discussion that is completely honest, often discussing difficult issues.
- In French the adjective must agree with the noun in number and gender.
- Rule 7. Never use a trinity of abstract nouns.
- experiment: noun meaning something that you do to see the result.
- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
- As a noun, the word will can mean a legal document.
- Around the same time, "heyday" was also used as a noun meaning "high spirits."
- Definition: ( noun) something stated that is obviously not true.
- Nouns join to form compounds.
- The word religion is derived from the Latin noun religio, which denotes both earnest observance of ritual obligations and an inward spirit of reverence.
- a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb, for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.
- All proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
- Now, who can give me a noun?
- Presence is a noun, not a verb; it is a state of being, not doing.
- In "the black cat" the adjective "black" modifies the noun "cat".
- Thus for example, every noun ends in "o", every adjective in "a", and basic form of every verb in "i".
- The more definitions a given noun has, the more valuable is each one.
- A new proper noun enters vocabulary Do you add that to your voice?
- However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun.
- Vape is also the modifier for other nouns, creating new compound nouns which are growing in popularity.
- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
- As a noun, the word boycott has a somewhat different meaning.
- Like having verbs, nouns, adjectives?
- The word will is a strong noun and a powerful verb.
- T ü r ( door) in German is a feminine noun.
- Sure, community is a noun, but it’s not something you can hold.
- Teacher: What's an abstract noun, Jane?
- Teacher: A noun is the name of a person or thing.
- Boycott can be used as both a noun and a verb.
- make+ noun She would have made an excellent teacher.
- The noun "identifier" has one sense in WordNet.
- Always add the appropriate articles in front of the noun.
- Note that objective is a noun, not an adjective.
- M: Jinx. Jinx can be used as a verb or a noun.
- Let's not even get into the question of whether concepts like noun and verb can be meaningfully applied to animal communication.
- The noun is first attested 1841; the verb 1888.
- The output of a command is a noun — data to be perused or used.
- Noun phrase, verb, noun phrase.
- The noun "purchase order" has one sense in WordNet.
- Definition: ( noun) expert on television.
- The noun "oxen" is plural in number.
- However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organizations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.
- Do I think of myself as a noun?
- The "noun" is the target of the code.
- The word "person" is a countable noun.
- This word is a collective noun.
- They're very traditional. He's the noun. She's the adjective.
- A noun is followed by any of two verbs; a verb is followed by any of three nouns.
- In English a noun may be preceded by a monosyllable called an article.
- It can be used as a noun, and also can be used as an adjective.
- The associated noun vaping is also listed.
- How to pronounce the noun "ounce" in the announcement?
- The plural 's' is not a free form, as it must always be attached to a noun.
- In the sentence 'I spoke to the driver of the car', 'the driver of the car' is a noun phrase.