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Definition of noun phrase noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

noun phrase

noun
 
/ˈnaʊn freɪz/
 
/ˈnaʊn freɪz/
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  1. a word or group of words in a sentence that behaves in the same way as a noun, that is as a subject, an object, a complement, or as the object of a preposition
    • In the sentence ‘I spoke to the driver of the car’, ‘the driver of the car’ is a noun phrase.
See noun phrase in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee noun phrase in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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