noun phrase

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.

Origin:
1950–55
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Noun phrase is always a great word to know.
So is guillemet. Does it mean:
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
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noun phrase
 
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grammar NP 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

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