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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

relation go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

part, portion, component, constituent, component part go
something determined in relation to something that includes it

language unit, linguistic unit go
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

word go
a unit of language that native speakers can identify

function word, closed-class word
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

noun.communication

5 Subcategories

determiner, determinative go
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
preposition go
a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
pronoun go
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
connective, conjunction, conjunctive, continuative go
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
particle go
a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs