NOUN | communication | noun | a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action |
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communication | noun | the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition |
Sounds | naw'n | |
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Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... |
Meaning | A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. | |
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Parts | noun | The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition |
Narrower | collective noun | A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things |
common noun | A noun that denotes any or all members of a class | |
count noun | A noun that forms plurals | |
generic noun | A noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender | |
mass noun | A noun that does not form plurals | |
proper noun, proper name | A noun that denotes a particular thing | |
Broader | content word, open-class word | A word to which an independent meaning / meaning can be assigned |
substantive | Any word or group of words functioning as a noun | |
Spanish | nombre, substantivo, sustantivo | |
Catalan | nom, substantiu | |
Adjectives | appellative | pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun |
Meaning | The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition. | |
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Member of | declension | The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages |
Part of | noun | A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action |
Broader | major form class | Any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar |
Spanish | nombre, substantivo, sustantivo | |
Catalan | nom, substantiu | |
Adjectives | nominal | pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun |
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