A
noun
is a
word used to refer to people, animals, objects,
substances, states, events and feelings. Nouns can be a
subject or an
object of a
verb, can be modified by an
adjective and can take an
article or
determiner. Nouns may be divided into
two groups:
Countable Nouns have
plural forms and
Uncountable Nouns do not. See also:
Concrete Noun;
Abstract Noun;
Proper Noun;
Adjectival Noun;
Noun as Adjective;
Collective Noun;
Mass Noun;
Substantive;
Parts of Speech
adjective
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phonetics
noun [C]
a word that describes a
noun or pronoun:
'Big', 'boring', 'purple',
'quick' and 'obvious' are all adjectives.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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