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Meaning of adnoun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
  2. Any adjective.
    dated

Examples

“3. An adjective or adnoun, expresses a particular quality ascribed to a substantive—A good man, a bad man, a studious man, a lazy man—The words good, bad, studious, and lazy, express the particular quality which belong to such or such a man.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

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