One may precede a verb (4)

I believe the answer is:

noun

(Other definitions for noun that I've seen before include "Word identifying person, place or thing" , "Word that refers to a person, place or thing" , "Content word for person, place, thing etc" , "Category of word" , "Word referring to person, place or thing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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