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noun phrase

noun

noun phrase

noun
1

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

  • Many collocations are noun phrases.
Hypernyms
nonclause
Hyponyms
compound noun of open compound type
Coordinate terms
compound word, phrase, adverbial phrase, conjunctional phrase, interjectional phrase, prepositional phrase, phrasal noun, phrasal preposition, phrasal verb, pronominal phrase

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