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nouns substantive

nouns substantive is the plural of noun substantive.

Meaning of noun substantive

Noun

noun substantive (plural nouns substantive)

  1. (obsolete) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
    • Q. What is a Noun? A. The Name of a Thing. Q. How many Sorts of Nouns are there? [...] A. A Noun Substantive, and a Noun Adjective.1753, Thomas Martin, An Explanation of the Accidence and Grammar To the End of the Syntax in which The Grounds of each Rule in the Syntax are laid down in the plainest Manner. Compiled By way of...

Questions about nouns substantive

What is nouns substantive the plural of?
Nouns substantive is the plural of noun substantive.

Words near nouns substantive in the dictionary

  1. nouns adjunct
  2. nouns numeral
  3. nouns of assemblage
  4. nouns of multitude
  5. nouns of place
  6. nouns substantive
  7. nouns substantive proper
  8. nounself
  9. nounself pronoun
  10. nounself pronouns
  11. nounship

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