collective nounnoun [ C ]
uk/kəˌlek.tɪv ˈnaʊn/us/kəˌlek.tɪv ˈnaʊn/specializeda noun that describes a group of things or people as a unit:
"Family" and "flock" are examples of collective nouns.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
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- preposition
- pron
- pronoun
- proper noun
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