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ab·stract ˈnoun N LING

abstract noun

Abstraktum nt spec

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As one reviewer drily observed, we wonder with trepidation which abstract noun the director will explore next. www.ft.com

For example within nouns there are two sub classes, concrete nouns and abstract nouns. en.wikipedia.org

Note that language and culture names, as well as abstract nouns, do not have plurals. en.wikipedia.org

Love is an abstract noun which means someone is unattached to anything real or sensible. thenationonlineng.net

Love is an abstract noun, which means, for some, it's unattached to anything real or sensible. thenationonlineng.net

All abstract nouns (such as prayer, happiness, the past) are inanimate; people, personal names, animals, and trees are all animate. en.wikipedia.org

Many adjectives can become abstract nouns by adding the definite article te, or a pronoun, before the adjective. en.wikipedia.org

Beyond this, nouns are otherwise not overtly marked (i.e. inanimate nouns, abstract nouns, all other animates). en.wikipedia.org

Proper names usually take a definite article, as do abstract nouns. en.wikipedia.org

The latter word is the abstract noun derived from "var", which is an adjective meaning existing or present. en.wikipedia.org

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