How do you change free to an abstract noun?

Answer 1

The same word could be altered from an adjective to an abstract noun. For instance, "patriotic" (adjective) could be changed to "Patriotism" (abstract noun). However, not all adjectives are conducive to becoming abstract nouns. Many adjectives can add a form of the suffix -ness.

Some examples:

- a blue something becomes the idea of blueness... maybe people who observe the sky, or artists mixing blue paint would discuss that.

- a political something becomes the idea of politics

- a determined something becomes the idea of determinedness

- a determinist something becomes the idea of determinism

- a happy something becomes the idea of happiness

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There is no standard method, as nouns are related to their adjectives in a number of ways. But some ways include adding the suffix -ness, changing -ant to ance, -ic to -ism, or -ive to -ion. Some words can be either adjectives or nouns as they are.

(restless-restlessness, happy-happiness, slow-slowness)

(important-importance, defiant-defiance, reliant-reliance)

(patriotic-patriotism, egotistic-egotist)

(active-action, expansive-expansion, evasive-evasion)

Answer 2

Add suffixes like 'ment', 'ence' and 'ion' to verbs to form abstract nouns.

For example:

verb suffix abstract noun

disappoint ment disappointment

depend ence dependence

instruct ion instruction

Answer 3

Concrete nouns are words for things that can be experienced by one or more of the five senses; it can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched.

Abstract nouns are words for things that can't be experienced by any of the five senses; they are words for things that we know, understand, believe, or feel emotionally.

Sometimes concrete nouns are used in an abstract context, such as 'road' a concrete noun used as 'the road to paradise', an abstract context. But the word road does not change, only its use changes.

Some words have more than one use, some concrete and some abstract, and they may be related. The abstract word 'will' can mean volition or desire, and the concrete word 'will' can be a document (i.e. last will and testament) that lists one's desires.

A concrete noun may or may not have a characteristic or aspect that represents it. A concrete noun cannot become an abstract noun, but can be used as one, or have an abstract noun associated with it. For example, the word woman, a concrete noun, could be represented by an abstract noun "femininity" (feminine traits). Or hero, a concrete noun, could be represented by the abstract noun "heroism" or courage.

Answer 4

The word 'describe' is not an adjective; the word 'describe' is a verb.

The abstract noun forms for the verb to describe are description and the gerund, describing.

Answer 5

Abstract nouns are not "formed" from common nouns.

Nouns can be common or proper, and nouns can be abstract or concrete. The two classifications are practically unconnected, and a noun can be common and concrete (man) or common and abstract (masculinity). More often, abstract nouns are related to adjectives that describe a trait (adjective manly, abstract noun manliness).

Answer 6

You can't change an abstract noun into a concrete noun. The type of the noun is determined by the meaning of the noun.

An abstract noun can be used in an abstract context, for example:

A highway is a concrete noun unless it's the highway to heaven.

A heart is a concrete noun, part of the body or a shape like a valentine but when we say 'our heart is broken', we don't mean the body organ or something shaped like a heart, we mean the heart of our feelings, an abstract concept.

There are some nouns that are abstract or concrete, depending on the meaning of the word, for example:

The noun 'football' is an abstract noun as a word for the game or the sport, a word for the sum total of rules, teams, space, and equipment used to play the game. The game of football is a concept.

The noun 'football' is a concrete noun as a word for the ball used to play the game.

The noun 'license' is an abstract noun as a word for official permission.

The noun 'license' is a concrete noun as a word for a written document or plaque affixed to a motor vehicle.

Answer 7

A concrete noun does not change to an abstract noun. A concrete noun can be used in an abstract context. For example:

Concrete: Yes, this is the road to Madison.

Abstract: He's on the road to success.

The word doesn't change, how the word is used is changed.

Answer 8

The abstract noun for the verb to free is the gerund freeing.

The abstract noun for the adjective free is freeness.

A related abstract noun form is freedom.