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noun Grammar.

a noun that may be preceded by an article or other limiting modifier and that denotes any or all of a class of entities and not an individual, as man, city, horse, music.

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Nearby words

  1. common market,
  2. common measure,
  3. common metre,
  4. common multiple,
  5. common nail,
  6. common palmar digital nerve,
  7. common peroneal nerve,
  8. common plantar digital nerve,
  9. common pleas,
  10. common prayer
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Origin of common noun

First recorded in 1860–65
Also called common name.
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British Dictionary definitions for common noun

common noun

noun

grammar a noun that refers to each member of a whole class sharing the features connoted by the noun, as for example planet, orange, and drumCompare proper noun
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