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noun phrases

noun phrases is the plural of noun phrase.

Meaning of noun phrase

Noun

noun phrase (plural noun phrases)

  1. A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
    • Many collocations are noun phrases.

Questions about noun phrases

What is noun phrases the plural of?
Noun phrases is the plural of noun phrase.

Words near noun phrases in the dictionary

  1. noun numeral
  2. noun of assemblage
  3. noun of multitude
  4. noun of place
  5. noun phrase
  6. noun phrases
  7. noun substantive
  8. noun substantive proper
  9. noun-self pronoun
  10. noun-self pronouns
  11. nounal

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