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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024noun /naʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammara member of a class of words that can function as the subject or object in a sentence or phrase, and typically refer to persons, places, animals, things, states, or qualities, as[cat, desk, Ohio, darkness]Count nouns can usually take a plural ending.Abbr.: n.
See -nom-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024noun (noun),USA pronunciation [Gram.]n. - Grammarany member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English, typically by the plural and possessive endings and that can function as the main or only elements of subjects or objects, as cat, belief, writing, Ohio, darkness. Nouns are often thought of as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
adj. - GrammarAlso, noun′al. of or resembling a noun.
- Latin nōmen name
- Anglo-French noun
- Middle English nowne 1350–1400
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