Is television an abstract noun

Answer 1

No, the word 'television' is a common noun, a word for any television of any kind, anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:

• Mr. Television, aka Milton Berle, American actor and comedian
• Television Lane, Yarmouth, MA or Television Circle, Savannah, GA
• Darryl Widman's Television City, Santa Barbara, CA
• Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT), division of SONY Pictures Global
• "Television", a novel by Jean-Phillipe Toussaint

Answer 2

The word 'television' is a noun; a word for an electronic system of transmitting images with sound over a wire or through space; a unit that receives and displays the images and sounds transmitted; the industry that produces these transmitted images; a word for a thing.

When the noun 'television' is used to describe another noun (television studio or television program) it is functioning as an attributive noun (also called a noun adjunct).

Answer 3

Yes, the word TV (or television) is a concrete noun, a word for a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on a receiving device; a word for a device that receives signals and reproduces these images and sounds; a word for a physical thing.

Answer 4

No, the noun television is a concrete noun as a word for something that can be seen, heard, and touched; a word for a physical thing.

Answer 5

The noun 'watching' is an abstract noun as a word for alertness and attentiveness.

The noun 'watching' is a concrete noun as a word for a physical act of observing and seeing.

Answer 6

yes