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Definition of Noun phrase

1. Noun. A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb.

Definition of Noun phrase

1. Noun. (grammar) A phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb; it is usually headed by a noun, (including pronouns), with any associated dependents such as determiners or modifiers. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Noun Phrase

Literary usage of Noun phrase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Moreover, when a doubled noun phrase is used for 'buffaloes in general', it is ïr xor. 16. This sentence on the whole seems to repeat sentence 15. ..."

2. An Advanced English Grammar: With Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley (1913)
"A phrase used as a noun is called a noun-phrase. 2. ... In the examples in § 40, The Father of Waters is a noun-phrase ; with blue eyes, an adjective phrase ..."

3. English Grammar by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1912)
"Such a group of words we call an adverbial noun phrase. ... An adverbial noun phrase tells not only time and place, but it often answers such questions as ..."

4. Elementary English Composition by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney (1908)
"Again, we may give a different turn to the thought by using in the predicate a noun- phrase complement or a noun-clause complement; thus, " To retreat is to ..."

5. Theme-building by Charles Henshaw Ward (1920)
"For in every noun "phrase" there is always one word that is used as a noun; ... Hence it is questionable whether this vague use of "noun phrase" may not do ..."

6. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"... nal il is itself a noun phrase and has two adjectives (pan < pal 'many' and nal 'good'). There is also a verb stem (man 'to be perfect, elegant'), ..."

7. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3) edited by D. K. Harmon (1996)
"The algorithm proceeds in three steps, as follows: (1) Assign scores to each of the candidate pairs Xj+Xj where i>j from the ambiguous noun phrase x\ ..."

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