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NOMINAL PHRASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nominal phrase mean?
• NOMINAL PHRASE (noun)
The noun NOMINAL PHRASE has 1 sense:
1. a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Familiarity information: NOMINAL PHRASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
nominal; nominal phrase; noun phrase
Hypernyms ("nominal phrase" is a kind of...):
phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)
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