OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20980

collective noun

/kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nombre colectivo • sustantivo colectivo
A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals.
A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article.
British English tends more than American English to have plural agreement with collective nouns.
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