Preceding noun

  • 1noun — ADJECTIVE ▪ plural, singular ▪ ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and a plural noun. ▪ countable ▪ mass, uncountable ▪ …

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  • 2preceding — pre|ced|ing [prıˈsi:dıŋ] adj [only before noun] formal happening or coming before the time, place, or part mentioned = ↑previous ≠ ↑following preceding days/weeks/months/years ▪ income tax paid in preceding years preceding chapter/paragraph/page… …

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  • 3preceding — adjective (only before noun) formal happening or coming before the time, place, or part mentioned: We made more money this month than in the whole of the preceding quarter. opposite following 1 …

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  • 4Finnish language noun cases — Finnish nouns (including pronouns and numerals) as well as any modifying adjectives, superlatives or comparatives, can be declined by a large number of grammatical cases, which are detailed here. See also Finnish language grammar. TOC Finnish… …

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  • 5Count noun — In linguistics, a count noun (also countable noun) is a common noun that can be modified by a numeral and that occurs in both singular and plural form, as well as co occurring with quantificational determiners like every, each, several, etc. A… …

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  • 6Hungarian noun phrases — This page is about noun phrases in Hungarian grammar.yntaxThe order of elements in the noun phrase is always determiner, adjective, noun.Grammatical markingHungarian does not have grammatical gender or a grammatical distinction between animate… …

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  • 7verbal noun — 1. A verbal noun (also called a gerund) is a form of a verb ending in ing that acts as a noun, for example smoking in the phrase no smoking and in the sentence Smoking damages your health. It should be distinguished from (identically formed)… …

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  • 8intensive pronoun — noun 1. : a pronoun that emphasizes a preceding noun or another pronoun (as itself in “borrowing is itself a bad habit”) 2. : a personal pronoun compounded with self and used in apposition with a noun or pronoun or as pronominal adjunct (as… …

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  • 9magnet — noun a) A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism. He always had a girl on his arm hes a bit of a babe magnet. b) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun. ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the… …

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  • 10HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …

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