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- DictionaryCol·lec·tive noun/kəˈlektiv noun/
noun
- 1. a noun that denotes a group of individuals (e.g., assembly, family, crew).
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Collection of things taken as a whole
In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people ("a group of people"), or dogs ("a group of dogs"), or objects ("a group of stones"). Wikipedia