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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entry in abbreviations table: iz.
exact match: www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#noun
equivalent class: purl.org/linguistics/gold/Noun
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Commons category: Nouns

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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 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.