substantive
noun
a noun.
substantives
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pluralof substantive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Old men are frequently met with who confound substantives, and will call their snuff-box a cane, and their watch a hat.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
The terminations of the cases and numbers of adjectives are the same as those of substantives, and are treated in the preceding paragraph.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
The Chinese do not decline their substantives, but they indicate the cases distinctly— A. By means of particles.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
In process of; in the act of; into; to; Ð used with verbal substantives in Ðing which begin with a consonant.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Our vowel terminations amount but to one-fourth of the language; all substantives closing in hard consonants were to have a final vowel, and the consonant was to be omitted after the vowel.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
