NNS
NNS is the initialism of non-native speaker.
NNS is the abbreviation of nonsegmented negative-strand.
Meaning of non-native speaker
Noun
non-native speaker (plural non-native speakers)
- Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.
- Although double modality is outside the scope of Standard English and is not addressed in the school syllabus, it is a widespread phenomenon which non-native speakers of English might find confusing and should at least be aware of.2019, Irina S. Lebedeva, Svetlana N. Orlova, “Semantics and pragmatics of the double modal ‘might could’”, in Training, Language and Culture, volume 3, number 2, →DOI
- Synonyms:
- allophone
- Antonyms:
- native speaker
Forms of NNS
| plural | NNSes |
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Words formed from NNS
- NNS RNA virus
Questions about NNS
- What is NNS the initialism of?
- NNS is the initialism of non-native speaker.
Words near NNS in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: NNS (page history and authors); non-native speaker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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