noun
noun
nown
noun
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A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
""Dog," "London," and "happiness" are all nouns."
"The teacher asked the class to underline every noun in the sentence."
How to Use Noun
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishOne of the basic building blocks of a sentence — a naming word.
Memory tip
If you can put "the" or "a" in front of it, it is probably a noun.
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Common pairings
proper noun
common noun
noun phrase
Word Forms
nouned past tense, nouns plural, nouns singular
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"Dog," "London," and "happiness" are all _____.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman noun ("name"), from Latin nomen, "name" — the same root that gives us "nominate" and "name."