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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noun phrase

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
noun phrase
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

noun phrases (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

compound word phrase adverbial phrase conjunctional phrase interjectional phrase prepositional phrase phrasal noun phrasal preposition

Synonyms

nominal phrase nominal

Questions

What does noun phrase mean?
A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.

How to pronounce noun phrase

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