Topic Navigator

Noun Tree | Nouns Groups | Verb Groups | Search

Parent Categories

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

tense
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

noun.communication

6 Subcategories

present, present tense go
a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
aorist go
a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
past, past tense go
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
future, future tense go
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense go
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense go
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)