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Collective noun

//kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things wordnet

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