Meaning Collective noun
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Collective noun


A noun such as team or pair that technically refers to a collective group of individuals or individual items. What makes them tricky in grammar? They can be singular or plural (e.g., one team, two tea [..]
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Collective noun


A noun that refers to things or people as a group.
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Collective noun


a count noun referring to a group—e.g., staff, band, group.
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  A noun that refers to individual persons or items as a group, such as number, total, audience, or clergy. A collective noun can be considered to be singular or plural (e.g., The number of rejects wa [..]
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