nouns
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pluralof noun.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
nounnounany member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money fromhome ), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound or noun group.
Example Sentences
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He had both humans and AI large language models complete a standard test for measuring creativity: Think of 10 nouns that differ as widely as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
In German, you have different kinds of nouns, female and male, and there are ways to be gender inclusive.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
Unlike languages such as French and Spanish, Yautja has no grammatical gender, so nouns aren’t assigned gender categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
"We started with the basics - the alphabet, nouns, verbs, present continuous," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Once Sumerians had hit upon this phonetic principle, they began to use it for much more than just writing abstract nouns.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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