Lightning is a common noun.
"Lightning" can be a noun referring to a sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm, or a verb describing the action of emitting flashes of lightning.
No, lightning is a concrete noun because it refers to a physical phenomenon that can be seen and experienced in the natural world. It is not an abstract concept.
Lightning can be used as a noun (bolt of lightning) or an adjective (lightning fast). It is not a verb, so it does not have a past tense form.
Lightning is a group noun, and is both singular and plural. To identify specific lightning events, you can use words such as strike, flash, or bolt.
"Lightning" is a noun. Sometimes people try to use it as an adjective to mean "fast" (ex, "with lightning speed") but it really should be used as "like lighting" or "lightning-fast" or so on.
The collective noun is a cluster of lightning.
"Lightning" can be a noun referring to a sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm, or a verb describing the action of emitting flashes of lightning.
No. It is a noun.
The noun lightning itself (electrical discharge) is used as a noun adjunct, rather than an adjective, in such terms as lightning bolt or lightning rod. Only when the intent is to show great speed or quickness (lightning speed, lightning reflexes) is lightning an adjective.
I'm pretty sure that's the only kind of lightning.
No, lightning is a concrete noun because it refers to a physical phenomenon that can be seen and experienced in the natural world. It is not an abstract concept.
Lightning can be used as a noun (bolt of lightning) or an adjective (lightning fast). It is not a verb, so it does not have a past tense form.
Lightning is a group noun, and is both singular and plural. To identify specific lightning events, you can use words such as strike, flash, or bolt.
The noun 'kind' is an abstract noun. There is no form for kind that is a concrete noun.
"Lightning" is a noun. Sometimes people try to use it as an adjective to mean "fast" (ex, "with lightning speed") but it really should be used as "like lighting" or "lightning-fast" or so on.
It can be, if used as a verbal noun (gerund), e.g. Lightening your hair can damage it. Otherwise, it is a verb form. *Not to be confused with "lightning" which is a noun, an electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
Cumulonimbus clouds form lightning