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collective noun
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noun - a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
COLLECTIVE NOUN - a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
COLLECTIVE NOUN - In linguistics, a collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective noun s in everyday speech are mundane and not spe...
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In linguistics, a collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and not specific to just one kind, such as the word "group", which is applied to "people" in the phrase "a group of people", but is also applied to "dogs" in the phrase "a group of dogs". Other collective nouns are specific to one kind, especially terms of venery, which identify specific groups of animals. For example, "pride" as a term of venery always refers to lions, never to dogs or cows. Similarly, a group of owls is called a "congress". * Different forms of English handle verb agreement with collective count nouns differently; in particular, users of British English generally accept that collective nouns take either singular or plural verb forms depending on context and the metonymic shift that it implies. |