noun

Example Sentences

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Then "grünen" indicates that the noun will be plural and green in color.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

It could literally substitute any noun, including Sulzberger, for Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

When you’re more naive, you think of it as like a noun, but it’s a doing thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

As the day passes, the shelves fill up with warehouse-bound, clear plastic bags labelled with a now-distinctive five-letter noun.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

Once you have learned that in English the article comes before the noun, you don’t have to relearn that order every time you acquire a new noun, such as hashtag, app, or MOOC.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker