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A noun names a person, place, thing or idea. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an apposition, an adjective or an adverb.

Eg : Late last year our neighbours bought a goat.

Portia White was an opera singer.

The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.