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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

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

accumulation, collection, aggregation, assemblage go
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

class, category, family go
a collection of things sharing a common attribute

grammatical category, syntactic category go
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties

case, grammatical case go
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

oblique, oblique case
any grammatical case other than the nominative

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5 Subcategories

accusative, accusative case, objective case go
the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
dative, dative case go
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case go
the case expressing ownership
vocative, vocative case go
the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
ablative, ablative case go
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb