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Meanings of collective name in inglés

Noun that summarizes several similar objects in one term.

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Examples for "collective noun"
Examples for "collective noun"
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The collective noun is one of the great favourites of quiz-masters everywhere.
The Irish Times
2
Mostly about what the collective noun is for a group of Karens.
News.com.au
3
Wearing a mask is the new creating a collective noun for fans.
The Irish Times
4
What is the collective noun for thrusting young go-getters in suits?
The Irish Times
5
The collective noun for a group of wildebeest is a confusion.
The Irish Times
Usage of collective name in inglés
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
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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
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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
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Being strong individualists, it would never occur to Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat to give themselves a collective name.
The folklore of discworld
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Their collective name is the Kataríya.]
The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2
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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
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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
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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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