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collective nouns

collective nouns is the plural of collective noun.

Meaning of collective noun

Noun

collective noun (plural collective nouns)

  1. A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.
    • A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article.1775, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, volume 1, London: Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry; and R. Baldwin in Pater-Noster Row, →OCLC, page 23
    Synonyms:
    collective, of assemblage, of multitude

Questions about collective nouns

What is collective nouns the plural of?
Collective nouns is the plural of collective noun.

Words near collective nouns in the dictionary

  1. collective memory
  2. collective mode
  3. collective note
  4. collective notes
  5. collective noun
  6. collective nouns
  7. collective number
  8. collective numbers
  9. collective numeral
  10. collective numerals
  11. collective punishment

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