noun

US /naʊn/

Definition

a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

In the phrase 'a new desk', the word desk is a noun.

Easy proper noun
describing proper noun (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Medium collective noun usage in contract drafting
describing collective noun usage in contract drafting (members of a cooperative enterprise)
Hard abstract noun definitions under statutory interpretation
to abstract noun definitions under statutory interpretation, meaning to consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
Very Hard nominalize verbs turning them into cumbersome nouns
a collocation phrase: nominalize verbs turning them into cumbersome nouns

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.