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noun

/naʊn/noun1 syllable

Noun means: a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action.

What does noun mean?2

noun

1

a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

2

the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with noun?12

two syllables

downtownuptownrenown
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Noun in a sentence

  • In this case, the adjective goes before the noun._undertoad
  • Read the following sentences, then write the noun with the matching adjectives.Alkrasnov
  • Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).fcbond
  • Of the remaining words on the list, five are nouns.unknown
  • Bus ticket, handbag, and children's playground are examples of compound nouns.LB
  • In that language, adjectives and nouns are inflected for gender.mailohilohi
  • Russian nouns can be masculine, feminine, or neuter.ddnktr
  • This particle turns a noun into a verb.FeuDRenais2

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