noun
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At first he objected to the singular noun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But the majority explained “the noun ‘election’ must be distinguished from the noun phrase ‘election day’.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The species name populi is a Latin singular noun in the genitive case meaning "of the people."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
It can also be used as a noun.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
The noun phrase containing view is the subject of the third is-phrase, is not based on a lack of understanding.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
In German, you have different kinds of nouns, female and male, and there are ways to be gender inclusive.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
“Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday,” he wrote, and philosophy is full of vacationing abstract nouns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Unlike languages such as French and Spanish, Yautja has no grammatical gender, so nouns aren’t assigned gender categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
"We started with the basics - the alphabet, nouns, verbs, present continuous," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Write and define nouns expressing diminutives of the following nouns:—
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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