Meaning Of The Word Common noun

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Common noun Meaning

Common noun Definition
Common noun Definition

What's The Definition Of Common noun?

common noun
countable noun: A common noun is a noun such as 'tree', 'water', or ' beauty' that is not the name of one particular person or thing. Compare proper noun.

common noun in American English
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 in British English
noun: 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

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