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Definition of 'noun'Noun
( en-noun)
(grammar|sensu lato) A name of a thing. Either a noun substantive, which can stand alone and does not require another word to be joined with it to show its signification, or a noun adjective, which can not stand by itself, but requires to be joined with some other word, in order to make sense.
(grammar|sensu stricto) 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.
Usage notes
* (sensu stricto) In English (and in many other languages), a noun can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, the English words (table) and (computer) are nouns. See .
Synonyms
* name, nameword
* (sensu stricto) noun substantive, substantive
Hyponyms
* (sensu lato) noun substantive = substantive, noun adjective = adjective
* (sensu stricto) See also
Derived terms
* abstract noun
* adjectival noun
* attributive noun
* collective noun
* common noun
* concrete noun
* count noun
* mass noun
* non-count noun
( rel-mid)
* noun adjunct
* noun clause
* noun of assemblage
* noun of multitude
* noun phrase
* plural noun
* pronoun
* proper noun
* uncount noun
( rel-bottom)
Related terms
* nominal
See also
* countable
Verb
( en-verb)
To convert a word to a noun.
* 1992 , Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power: Books III, IV, and V
- For example, that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons.
* 2000 , Andrew J. DuBrin, The complete idiot's guide to leadership
- However, too much nouning makes you sound bureaucratic, immature, and verbally challenged. Top executives convert far fewer nouns into verbs than do workers at lower levels.
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