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noun
has definitions from the fields of grammar,linguistics
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[ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing
Used in print (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water , there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; but if drinking is a gerundial noun modifying water and without drinking_water is equivalent_to without water for drinking , there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water . Related terms substantive content_word count_noun proper_noun common_noun collective_noun mass_noun |
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[ noun ] (grammar) a word that can serve as the subject or object of a verb
Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)All the other parts_of_speech : nouns , pronouns , adjectives , adverbs , and conjunctions operated under the same system as the verbs . Related terms |
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