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NOUN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("noun" is a kind of...):
major form class (any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar)
Holonyms ("noun" is a part of...):
noun (a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action)
Holonyms ("noun" is a member of...):
declension (the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("noun" is a kind of...):
content word; open-class word (a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned)
substantive (any word or group of words functioning as a noun)
Meronyms (parts of "noun"):
noun (the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "noun"):
collective noun (a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things)
mass noun (a noun that does not form plurals)
count noun (a noun that forms plurals)
generic noun (a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender)
proper name; proper noun (a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized)
common noun (a noun that denotes any or all members of a class)
