Noun

  • 101concrete noun — noun A noun that denotes something tangible or material, such as a person or place. Ant: abstract noun …

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  • 102collective noun — noun Grammar a count noun that denotes a group of individuals (e.g. assembly, family, crew). Usage A collective noun can be used with either a singular verb (my family was always hard working) or a plural verb (his family were disappointed in… …

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  • 103common noun — noun Grammar a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual. Often contrasted with proper noun …

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  • 104count noun — noun Grammar a noun that can form a plural and, in the singular, can be used with the indefinite article (e.g. books, a book). Contrasted with mass noun …

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  • 105count noun — noun (C) technical a noun that has both singular and plural forms, can be used with numbers and with words such as many, few etc, or can be used with a or an see also noun …

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  • 106concrete noun — noun a noun applied to an actual substance or thing, as dog, star, land. Compare abstract noun …

  • 107generic noun — noun a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender • Hypernyms: ↑noun …

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  • 108mass noun — noun a noun that does not form plurals • Hypernyms: ↑noun …

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  • 109passive noun — noun : a noun indicating the recipient of action advisee and employee are passive nouns * * * Gram. a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand …

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  • 110common noun — noun Date: 1656 a noun that may occur with limiting modifiers (as a or an, some, every, and my) and that designates any one of a class of beings or things …

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