Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: when referring to a language other than English
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
