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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

content word, open-class word go
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

noun
a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

noun.communication

6 Subcategories

collective noun go
a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
mass noun go
a noun that does not form plurals
count noun go
a noun that forms plurals
generic noun go
a noun that does not specify either masculine or feminine gender
proper noun, proper name go
a noun that denotes a particular thing
common noun go
a noun that denotes any or all members of a class