Noun
111root noun — noun In Proto Indo European linguistics, a noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes …
112agent noun — noun a noun denoting a person or thing that performs the action of a verb, usually ending in er or or, e.g. worker, accelerator …
113verbal noun — noun Grammar a noun formed as an inflection of a verb and partly sharing its constructions, such as smoking in smoking is forbidden …
114abstract noun — noun (C) a noun that names a feeling, quality, or state rather than an object, animal, or person: Hunger and beauty are abstract nouns …
115collective noun — noun (C) technical a noun, such as committee or family , that is the name of people or things considered as a unit …
116ˌconcrete ˈnoun — noun [C] linguistics a noun that refers to an object that you can see or touch rather than to an idea or feeling …
117ˈcount ˌnoun — noun [C] a COUNTABLE noun …
118ˌproper ˈnoun — noun [C] linguistics a noun that is the name of a person, place, or thing …
119ˌverbal ˈnoun — noun [C] linguistics a noun that is formed from a verb and ends in ‘ing , for example ‘swimming in the sentence ‘Swimming is my favourite sport Syn: gerund …
120action noun — noun : a noun denoting action (as belief, inspection, arrival) sometimes used to include verbal nouns (as the infinitive to believe or the gerund believing) …