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noun phrase
noun
, Grammar.
- a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
noun phrase
noun
- grammar a constituent of a sentence that consists of a noun and any modifiers it may have a noun clause, or a word, such as a pronoun, that takes the place of a noun NP
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Word History and Origins
Origin of noun phrase1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
But to encourage the reader to parse it as a noun phrase, he should have set up a context in which the reader indeed expects to see a noun phrase.
From Literature
It’s because “to greenlight” was formed anew from a noun phrase, “a green light”.
From Economist
Why does such an unremarkable noun phrase rankle so badly?
From Washington Post
The can be merged with cat to give a noun phrase, which other grammar rules can operate on as if it were a bare noun like water.
From Economist
For his part, Pinker shows that the problem evaporates when you understand that “like” may take a clause as well as a noun phrase as its complement.
From Washington Post
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