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Is this an abstract noun? I don't think it's an abstract noun as it does not describe a feeling, state or action.
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Is this an abstract noun? I don't think it's an abstract noun as it does not describe a feeling, state or action.
Where did you get your definition for "abstract noun" as describing "a feeling,state or action"? My understanding of "abstract noun" is a little more inclusive, in fact, basically, it's any noun that isn't "concrete".
Yourdictionary.com adds a few more categories to the ones you specify:
Concrete nouns are tangible and you can experience them with your five senses. Abstract nouns refer to intangible things, like actions, feelings, ideals, concepts and qualities.
According to them, "situation" would be abstract because it is an intangible concept.
I do tend to agree with Andrew though, in that it doesn't make too much practical difference whether a noun is abstract or not.
There is no grammatical classification of nouns as "concrete" or "abstract".
When learning nouns we are told that "nouns name things", but not just concrete things like "dog", "cheese" but also abstract things like "love" or "temptation". This is just to remind you that nouns can also be abstract.
But this is a category of meaning, not grammar. Many words can have both concrete and abstract senses, and some senses can have aspects of both concrete and abstract meanings. For example "love" is an abstract noun when we say "My love for you grows stronger every day." But it is a concrete noun (meaning "girlfiend") when we say "Come to me, my love!"
So is the meaning of "situation" abstract or concrete. That could depend on the sentence that you use it in. In most sentences it would have an abstract meaning, as it wouldn't name a physical thing, instead it means "how things are" which is an abstract quality.