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

The Merriam-Webster promotional copy makes a point to mention the inclusion of the TikTok slang “rizz,” whose noun form is defined as “romantic appeal or charm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Although it is obsolete in this sense, the verb survives in Welsh English in the sense of to scratch, especially with claws or fingernails, along with the noun use, to scratch.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

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

Definiteness can be marked by other th-words such as this, that, these, and those, or with a genitive noun, as in Claire’s knee or Jerry’s kids.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker