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collective noun

NOUN
  1. a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things

How To Use collective noun In A Sentence

  • In American English, collective nouns usually take a singular verb.
  • Our collective noun is an Apprehension of Agents.
  • The connection between collective nouns and the groups they identify are unique and often funny. The Sun
  • The question of why verbs and pronouns tend to vary in the extent to which they agree with collective nouns is a topic of some interest in psycholinguistics.
  • If only there were a collective noun for poets: a poverty of poets, perhaps, or a pontification. Times, Sunday Times
  • Flock" is a collective noun.
  • A noun signifying many, is called a _collective noun_, or _noun of multitude_; as, the _people_, the _army_. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
  • There is no collective noun for a group of CEOs but perhaps it should be an enterprise. Times, Sunday Times
  • Collective nouns for magpies include gulp and murder. Times, Sunday Times
  • 'Flock' and 'committee' are collective nouns.
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