abstract noun

Hebrew has very few abstract nouns, and they are mostly late.

New abstract nouns formed in this way are always masculine.

But introducing an abstract noun is not the same thing as providing an explanation.

The name is derived from an abstract noun related to royalty.

Proper names usually take a definite article, as do abstract nouns.

The abstract noun patriotism appears in the early 18th century.

Most words from class 14 (abstract nouns) do not have a plural counterpart.

Also, the word 'decision' is a process which had been turned into an abstract noun.

English turned out to be the only language in which the abstract noun "territory" could be expressed.

The abstract noun "heterosexuality" is first recorded in 1900.

Things, inanimate articles and abstract nouns are also either masculine or feminine according to convention.

We might even discover that he uses a lower number of abstract nouns than other writers of his time.

This German abstract noun has been adopted into English.

(vi) Abstract nouns and names of diseases, as in English, have no plural.

Most abstract nouns belong to this category, and so do wild animals and other less common objects.

The final couplet unites the two quartets of concrete and abstract nouns.

Some abstract nouns developed etymologically by figurative extension from literal roots.

Have you used words that are too familiar, worn-out similes, too many abstract nouns?

Thus, Becker advises scholars to write in a direct style; avoiding the passive voice and abstract nouns.

Abstract nouns derived from the stem of a verb are normally masculine:

They are reduced to trading platitudes, desperately trying to squeeze meaning from abstract nouns like "unity" and "community."

Wars on abstract nouns generally fail.

Think about clichés, abstract nouns, adjectives and adverbs.

See also pietas, the related abstract noun.

Consuelo is a Spanish abstract noun, masculine, invariable.