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noun phrase

American  

noun

Grammar.

  1. a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.

noun phrase British  

noun

  1.  NP.  grammar a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have a noun clause, or a word, such as a pronoun, that takes the place of a noun

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Etymology

Origin of noun phrase

First recorded in 1950–55

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