noun
noun /n'aʊn/ (nouns)
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A noun is a word such as `car', `love', or `Anne' which is used to refer to a person or thing.
see also collective noun, count noun, proper noun, proper noun, singular noun, uncount nouncol|lec|tive noun (collective nouns)
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A collective noun is a noun such as `family' or `team' that refers to a group of people or things.com|mon noun (common nouns)
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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.count noun (count nouns)
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A count noun is a noun such as `bird', `chair', or `year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.
= countable nouncount|able noun /k'aʊntəbəl n'aʊn/ (countable nouns)
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A countable noun is the same as a count noun.mass noun (mass nouns)
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A mass noun is a noun such as `wine' which is usually uncount but is used with `a' or `an' or used in the plural when it refers to types of that substance, as in `a range of Australian wines'.
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In some descriptions of grammar, a mass noun is the same as an uncount noun.noun group (noun groups)
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A noun group is a noun or pronoun, or a group of words based on a noun or pronoun. In the sentence, `He put the bottle of wine on the kitchen table', `He', `the bottle of wine', and `the kitchen table' are all noun groups.
= noun phrasenoun phrase (noun phrases)
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A noun phrase is the same as a noun group.prop|er noun (proper nouns)
also proper name
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A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are `Margaret', `London', and `the United Nations'. Compare common noun.sin|gu|lar noun (singular nouns)
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A singular noun is a noun such as `standstill' or `vicinity' that does not have a plural form and always has a determiner such as `a' or `the' in front of it.un|count noun /'ʌnkaʊnt n'aʊn/ (uncount nouns)
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An uncount noun is a noun such as `gold', `information', or `furniture' which has only one form and can be used without a determiner.un|count|able noun /'ʌnkaʊntəbəl n'aʊn/ (uncountable nouns)
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An uncountable noun is the same as an uncount noun.
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A noun is a word such as `car', `love', or `Anne' which is used to refer to a person or thing.
see also collective noun, count noun, proper noun, proper noun, singular noun, uncount nouncol|lec|tive noun (collective nouns)
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A collective noun is a noun such as `family' or `team' that refers to a group of people or things.com|mon noun (common nouns)
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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.count noun (count nouns)
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A count noun is a noun such as `bird', `chair', or `year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.
= countable nouncount|able noun /k'aʊntəbəl n'aʊn/ (countable nouns)
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A countable noun is the same as a count noun.mass noun (mass nouns)
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A mass noun is a noun such as `wine' which is usually uncount but is used with `a' or `an' or used in the plural when it refers to types of that substance, as in `a range of Australian wines'.
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In some descriptions of grammar, a mass noun is the same as an uncount noun.noun group (noun groups)
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A noun group is a noun or pronoun, or a group of words based on a noun or pronoun. In the sentence, `He put the bottle of wine on the kitchen table', `He', `the bottle of wine', and `the kitchen table' are all noun groups.
= noun phrasenoun phrase (noun phrases)
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A noun phrase is the same as a noun group.prop|er noun (proper nouns)
also proper name
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A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, organization, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter. Examples are `Margaret', `London', and `the United Nations'. Compare common noun.sin|gu|lar noun (singular nouns)
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A singular noun is a noun such as `standstill' or `vicinity' that does not have a plural form and always has a determiner such as `a' or `the' in front of it.un|count noun /'ʌnkaʊnt n'aʊn/ (uncount nouns)
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An uncount noun is a noun such as `gold', `information', or `furniture' which has only one form and can be used without a determiner.un|count|able noun /'ʌnkaʊntəbəl n'aʊn/ (uncountable nouns)
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An uncountable noun is the same as an uncount noun.