noun incorporation

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noun Linguistics.

a process in word formation by which a compound is created by affixing or infixing a noun to a verb, as in baby-sit,house-hunt, and sleep-walk.

this process resulting in a complex verb, as in the Mohawk and Inuit languages.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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The proper noun when spoken can be confused for the common noun.
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The noun “mechanicals” refers to any physical reproduction of a composed and performed work—that is, “canned music.”
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“The Great Depression” as a proper noun only came into popular use in the 1950s, long after the event was over.
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When I shut off the radio, the last word I hear must be a noun—not a verb, or adjective, or preposition.
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Star Trek (noun) Science-fiction franchise launched on television in 1966.
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The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
There ought to be complete incorporation, if such incorporation be possible.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Johnnie Bones prepared the papers for the incorporation of the new railroad, and the organization was perfected.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
This often becomes an abstract feminine noun, answering to the French termination -ée; armée in Mistral's language isPg 56 armado.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer