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The word 'greatest' is not a noun.

The word 'greatest' is the superlative form of the adjective 'great'.

It can be confusing when the word 'greatest' is used in a sentence as 'the greatest'. For example, when Muhammad Ali said, "I am the greatest!", the word 'greatest' is functioning as a predicate adjective (a type of subject complement) following the linking verb 'am'.

A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the subject of the sentence is or becomes the object noun, pronoun, or adjective.

In the example sentence above, I = greatest.

The noun, pronoun, or adjective following a linking verb is called a subject complement (the object complements the subject).

A noun or pronoun subject complement is call predicate nominative (or predicate noun).

An adjective subject complement is called a predicate adjective.

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