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noun phrase
noun, often capitalized N&P
: a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence
Full Definition of NOUN PHRASE
: a phrase formed by a noun and all its modifiers and determiners; broadly : any syntactic element (as a clause, clitic, pronoun, or zero element) with a noun's function (as the subject of a verb or the object of a verb or preposition) —abbreviation NP
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First Known Use of NOUN PHRASE
1923
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