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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

linguistic relation go
a relation between linguistic forms or constituents

grammatical relation go
a linguistic relation established by grammar

modality, mode, mood
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

noun.relation

5 Subcategories

indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood go
a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
subjunctive mood, subjunctive go
a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
optative mood, optative go
a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope
imperative, imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form go
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
interrogative, interrogative mood go
some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood