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 nouns
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pluralof common noun.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“If this happens with common nouns, how much worse can it be with abstract words we use to describe the big problems we’re dealing with?”
From Scientific American ● Apr. 25, 2023
The email, though clogged with needlessly capitalized common nouns, is worth reading as written:
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2023
Chaser understood that words have independent meaning and understood common nouns as well as proper nouns, Bianchi said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2019
And Spanish, unlike English, has gendered common nouns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2016
When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
