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noun
Also known as substantive, common noun
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. To summarize this, Nouns signify an object or idea. A noun may serve as an object or subject within a phrase, clause, or sentence.
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A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea—whether concrete like a dog or abstract like happiness. Nouns matter because they form the foundation of sentences, allowing us to identify and talk about what we're discussing by serving as subjects or objects within phrases and sentences.
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- www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#noun
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- purl.org/linguistics/gold/Noun
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- History <span id="Substantive as a word for noun"></span>
- Examples
- Characterization and definition
- Classification
- Gender
- Countable nouns and mass nouns
- Collective nouns
- Concrete nouns and abstract nouns
- Alienable vs. inalienable nouns
- Noun phrases
- Nouns in relation to other word classes
- Pronouns
- Nominalization
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. To summarize this, Nouns signify an object or idea. A noun may serve as an object or subject within a phrase, clause, or sentence.
In linguistics, nouns constitute a lexical category (part of speech) defined according to how its members combine with members of other lexical categories. The syntactic occurrence of nouns differs among languages.