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pronunciation:
naUn
part of speech: noun
definition: a word that names a person, place, thing, or condition. A noun may be the subject of a sentence or the object of a verb or preposition.
In the sentence, "Mary likes to eat popcorn at the movies," "Mary," "popcorn," and "movies" are nouns.
derivations: nounal (adj.), nounless (adj.)