(grammar) a 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.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of noun phrase come from?
This entry for noun phrase is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is noun phrase a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, noun phrase is tagged as noun.
Does noun phrase appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — noun phrase appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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