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Nouns - the Definition and Meaning of a Noun
The meaning or definition of a
noun is as follows:
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A noun is the name
of any person, place or thing as
John, London or book |
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Types of Nouns
There are
many different types of nouns - click one of the following links
for the definition, meaning and a list of examples of the many
different types of nouns:
Find out the meaning an definition of the
different types of nouns including proper, common, compound,
possessive, plural, singular, abstract, concrete, collective,
predicate, irregular, gender and the noun clause and phrase with
clear examples by clicking one of the above links.
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Definition and
Examples of Proper Nouns
A Proper noun
always begins with a capital letter, such as John
or London.
Definition and
Examples of Common Nouns
A Common noun
always begins with a small letter (unless it is at the beginning
of a sentence). A common or general word. An example of the
common noun - A girl and her dog
played in the park.
Definition and
Examples of Collective Nouns
A Collective
noun is a word used to define a group of people, animals or
inanimate things. For example, in the phrase a "flock of geese"
or a " pride of lions", flock and pride are collective nouns.
There are many collective nouns that refer to animals. A group
of people can be described as an army, company or audience.
Definition and
Examples of Concrete Nouns
A Concrete
noun is classified by its ability to reach the senses. Concrete
nouns are something physical. If you can taste, touch, hear,
smell or see an item the word is a concrete noun. Examples of
concrete nouns are water, air or pizza.
Definition and
Examples of Abstract Nouns
An abstract
noun means the opposite to a concrete noun. If you cannot taste,
touch, hear, smell or see something it is an abstract noun.
Examples of abstract nouns are honesty, courage and loyalty.
Definition and
Examples of Singular Nouns
A Singular
noun means one item only. Examples of singular nouns are bed,
boy, girl, book, house and cat.
Definition and
Examples of Plural Nouns
A Plural noun
means more than one item. Examples of plural nouns are beds,
boys, girls, books and cats. They are created by adding a letter
's' to the end of a word or by adding 'es' such as in churches,
boxes or witches.
Definition and
Examples of Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows ownership (having or owning). Possessive
nouns are formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" or only an
apostrophe. Examples are John's car or the car
belongs to John it is not Mark's. Mark is
Johns' brother
Definition and
Examples of Compound Nouns
A compound noun is formed by joining two simple nouns together.
Examples are boyfriend (made from boy and friend) or
girlfriend.
A hyphen might also be used to form a compound noun such as
dining-table. A different meaning can be created when using two
separate nouns such as in fish tank or mineral water.
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Understanding the Different Nouns!
Understanding the different types of nouns is not very
difficult, but it is made daunting because of the seemingly
complicated names! Just glancing through this page provides a
fast overview of proper, common, compound, possessive, plural,
singular, abstract, concrete and collective nouns. |
