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nouns

  • plural
    of noun.
    noun
    noun
    any 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.

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In German, you have different kinds of nouns, female and male, and there are ways to be gender inclusive.

From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025

“Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday,” he wrote, and philosophy is full of vacationing abstract nouns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 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

It’s time to admit that data has joined agenda, erotica, insignia, opera, stamina, and other technically plural Latin and Greek words that have become thoroughly Anglicized as singular nouns taking singular verbs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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