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Meanings of collective name in English

Noun that summarizes several similar objects in one term.

Usage of collective name in English
1
ALPS, the collective name for one of the great mountain systems of Europe.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
2
SOCRATES: Perception would be the collective name of them?
Theaetetus
3
It turned out that this is the collective name for the State- run chain of off-licences.
The Irish Times
4
They got their collective name from hunters, who claimed these were the toughest animals to hunt.
The South African
5
Edith Cooper and her life partner Katherine Bradley, for example, went by the collective name Michael Field.
The Guardian
6
It concludes that bronchitis should be regarded as a collective name for a wide range of syndromes.
Pubmed
7
Gluten is the collective name for a class of proteins found in wheat, rye, barley and oats.
Pubmed
8
When we talk about these critters, we call them by their collective name to honor their collective spirit.
A Wiccan Bible
9
Tick-borne disease is the collective name for diseases passed to humans through the bite of an infected tick.
Reuters
10
It wants a collective name.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
11
Being strong individualists, it would never occur to Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat to give themselves a collective name.
The folklore of discworld
12
Their collective name is the Kataríya.]
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
13
The senses develop first, and all the higher intuitions called by the collective name of conscience gradually and later in life.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
14
ALDABRA, the collective name of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, forming part of the British colony of Seychelles.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
Any defensive line, offensive line, secondary or running back corps worth its salt is likely to get its own collective name.
The Guardian
16
Here there is no such distinction, and men of both occupations are known under the same collective name as literary men.
Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
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