COLLECTIVENOUN

Collective noun

In linguistics, a collective noun is the name of a number of people or things taken together and spoken of as one whole. For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", pride is a collective noun.

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collective noun

Noun

  1. A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Examples: a school of fish, a pride of lions.


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