Noun
61noun groups — ◊ GRAMMAR A noun group, or noun phrase, is a group of words which acts as the subject, complement, or object of a clause, or as the object of a preposition. He was eating an apple. He was using blue ink …
62noun phrase — Gram. a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun. [1950 55] * * * …
63Noun substantive — Substantive Sub stan*tive, a. [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.] 1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be. [1913 Webster] 2. Depending on itself; independent. [1913 Webster] He considered how… …
64Noun (Bible) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Noun (homonymie). Noun est le fils d Éphraïm. Il appartient naturellement à cette tribu. Son fils est Josué. Portail de la Bible …
65noun adjunct — Gram. a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group. [1960 65] * * * …
66noun clause — /naʊn ˈklɔz/ (say nown klawz) noun a clause which functions as a noun, as that she was late in That she was late is true …
67noun adjunct — Gram. a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group. [1960 65] …
68noun clause — Gram. a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause. * * * …
69noun-banging — n. Using a large number of contiguous nouns. Example Citation: In his memos he d often use phrases such as Western Distribution Centre Warehouse Maintenance Team Leader and other noun bangings. Category: Language (General) …
70noun clause — subordinate clause that functions as a noun (Grammar) …
