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common noun
noun
- 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.
common noun
noun
- See proper noungrammar a noun that refers to each member of a whole class sharing the features connoted by the noun, as for example planet, orange, and drum Compare proper noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of common noun1
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Example Sentences
The proper noun when spoken can be confused for the common noun.
The common noun was made a proper name, and a legend by degrees attached to it.
Thus "John Smith" (particular; proper noun) and "Man" (general; common noun).
A common noun is the name given to an object to denote the class to which it belongs; as, book, man.
A common noun is a name possessed by any one of a class of persons, animals, or things.
The, when placed before the pluralized abstract noun, marks it as half abstract or a common noun.
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