noun phrase
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Noun[edit]
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noun phrase (plural noun phrases)
- (grammar) A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
- The term "restaurant supply service" is a noun phrase, as are "red blood cell" and "happy cat".
- Many collocations are noun phrases.
Hyponyms[edit]
- compound noun of open compound type
Coordinate terms[edit]
(types of phrases, by part of speech):
(parts of speech, of phrasal type):
- phrasal noun (not to be confused)
- phrasal preposition
- phrasal verb
- pronominal phrase
- verb phrase
Translations[edit]
phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
Further reading[edit]
- noun phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia