noun

A word used to represent people, places, ideas and things.

• Common nouns: nouns used to name any one of a class of things, e.g. girl, classroom, egg.
• Proper nouns: nouns used to name a place, a person or the title of something and are signalled by a capital letter, e.g. Wagga Wagga, Sam, Olympic Games.
• Collective nouns: nouns used to name a group of things, e.g. crowd, swarm, team.
• Abstract nouns: nouns used to name things that we cannot see but which exist in thoughts and feelings, e.g. sadness, love, wonder.

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