mass noun

[mas noun]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Grammar.

a noun, as sunshine, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.

mass noun

noun

a noun that refers to an extended substance rather than to each of a set of isolable objects, as, for example, water as opposed to lake. In English when used indefinitely they are characteristically preceded by some rather than a or an; they do not have normal plural forms Compare count noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mass noun¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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Example Sentences

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Also as a mass noun: the style of music or fashion associated with this movement.

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Or should that be traded in "bitcoins"? Standard usage is still being worked out, so for now, "bitcoin" appears both as an uncountable mass noun and a countable unit.

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An example of data used as a mass noun is, “Data is increasing at an incredible rate.”

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mass murder mass number

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