Noun
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English
Etymology
From Latin nomen ("name").
Pronunciation
- noun, IPA: /naʊn/, /naUn/
Noun
noun (plural: nouns)
- (grammar): a word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or idea; a part of speech (Wikipedia article on parts of speech). It can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, a table or a computer.
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Related terms
- abstract noun
- collective noun
- common noun
- count noun, countable noun
- mass noun, uncountable noun, non-count noun
- noun phrase
- proper noun
- nominal
Further Reading
gepsmith@cablespeed.com wrote...
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> entropy wrote:
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> >gepsmith@cablespeed.com wrote...
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> >>entropy wrote:
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> >>>How is 'works' supposed to be defined?
> >>>
> >>George Smith says:
> >>
> >>An excellent question! I think that there are as many answers as there
> >>are people in the world. Every action you take, every word you say,
> >>every word you write comprises your "works".
> >
> >I sincerely appreciate your answer.
> >
> >But if works are whatever we do anyway, then why is the verse not
> >"works without faith are dead" rather than the other way around?
> >
> George Smith says:
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> Very simply, James is telling us that faith is a living thing and can
> die. Works on the other hand are things that do not have life so cannot
> die. Faith saves. Faith with works justifies. An over simplification
> of a very contentious issue.
Again, I appreciate your answer and will leave it there. I think we
agree on the bottom line of what's being said, and so to quibble
about the way the words go in support of the conclusion is an act of
darkness, not light.
In Christ...
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