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noun

Definition

  • noun: a word that is the name of something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action) and is typically used in a sentence as subject or object of a verb or as object of a preposition
  • noun: any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept
  • synonyms: substantive, term, name

Examples

  • In the sentence “I found the owner of the dog,” “the owner of the dog” is a 'noun phrase'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Bye, Mom. Bye. It's written as P-P-Y, but it's supposed to be an I in "happiness." - Is it an adjective? - No, actually it's a noun. But it's not spelled right. - Is "fuck" spelled right? - Yeah, that's spelled right. But that's not part of the motto, so you're not supposed to learn that. - Okay. (..)
    2006 The Pursuit of Happyness