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common noun
noun as in substantive
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The proper noun when spoken can be confused for the common noun.
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The common noun was made a proper name, and a legend by degrees attached to it.
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Thus "John Smith" (particular; proper noun) and "Man" (general; common noun).
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A common noun is the name given to an object to denote the class to which it belongs; as, book, man.
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A common noun is a name possessed by any one of a class of persons, animals, or things.
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The, when placed before the pluralized abstract noun, marks it as half abstract or a common noun.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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