What Is a Noun?

What Is a Noun?

Definition: A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Concrete nouns name people, places, or things that you can touch, see, hear, smell, or taste.

A noun is a word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas. However, noun is not a semantic category, so that it cannot be characterized in terms of its meaning.

What Is a Noun?

Person	Place	Thing
Man	River	Dog
Mrs.venkat	Paris	Book
Doctor	Mountains	Sports car
maddie	Home	ferrari

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Abstract nouns name ideas, concepts, or emotions. These nouns are intangible, which means you cannot touch, see, hear, smell, or taste them using your five senses.

Idea	Emotion
Love	Happiness
Intelligence	Anger
Justice	Excitement
Religion	Fear
Time	surprise

 

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