Noun - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
Extra examples
In the phrase “a red hat,” the adjective “red” modifies the noun “hat.”
“Steamboat” is a compound noun.
The adjective and noun must agree in number and gender.
The noun “bear” and the verb “bear” are homonyms.
The word “trees” is a plural noun.
In the phrase “his car is red,” the word “car” is a singular noun.
The adjective “smokeless” is formed by adding the suffix “-less” to the noun “smoke.”
In “airplane pilot” the noun “airplane” is attributive.
The noun form has the following acceptations.
An attributive noun functions as an adjective.
In “a red hat,” the adjective “red” is a modifier describing the noun “hat.”
The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect
Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Word forms
singular: noun
plural: nouns
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