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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 go
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

pronoun
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

noun.communication

5 Subcategories

anaphoric pronoun go
a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative go
a pronoun that points out an intended referent
personal pronoun go
a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
reciprocal pronoun go
a pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject
relative pronoun go
a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent