COLLECTIVE NOUN

Meaning of COLLECTIVE NOUN in English

noun

( grammar ) a singular noun, such as committee or team , that refers to a group of people, animals or things and, in British English, can be used with either a singular or a plural verb. In American English it must be used with a singular verb.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

COLLECTIVE NOUN — Gram. a noun, as herd, jury, or clergy, that appears singular in formal shape but denotes a group of persons …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE NOUN — n. noun which has a singular form yet has a plural meaning (people, herd, etc.); name that denotes a group …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COLLECTIVE NOUN — ■ noun Grammar a count noun that denotes a group of individuals (e.g. assembly , family , crew ). Usage …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COLLECTIVE NOUN — colˌlective ˈnoun BrE AmE noun [countable] technical a noun, such as ‘family’ or ‘flock’, that is the name of people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLLECTIVE NOUN — ( collective nouns) A collective noun is a noun such as ‘family’ or ‘team’ that refers to a group of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE NOUN — (~s) A ~ is a noun such as ‘family’ or ‘team’ that refers to a group of people or things. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COLLECTIVE NOUN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Our collective noun is an Apprehension of Agents.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLLECTIVE NOUN — грам. имя существительное собирательное
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLECTIVE NOUN — Singularia tantum
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COLLECTIVE NOUN — грам.собирательное существительное
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COLLECTIVE NOUN — имя существительное собирательное
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COLLECTIVE NOUN — имя существительное собирательное
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COLLECTIVE NOUN — лингв. собирательное существительное
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COLLECTIVE NOUN — лингв. собирательное существительное
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COLLECTIVE NOUN — собирательное существительное
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
COLLECTIVE NOUN — грам. имя существительное собирательное
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLECTIVE — adj collective
Interlingua English vocab
NOUN — substantive, nómine
English interlingue dictionary
NOUN — ~ see: name Date: 14th century any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLLECTIVE — I. kəˈlektiv, -ēv also -əv adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French collectif, from Latin collectivus, from collectus + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOUN — ˈnau̇n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French noun name, noun, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOUN — (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Английский словарь Webster
COLLECTIVE — (n.) A collective noun or name.
Английский словарь Webster
COLLECTIVE — (a.) Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is …
Английский словарь Webster
NOUN — ( n. ) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — — nounally , adv. /nown/ , Gram. n. 1. any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE — — collectively , adv. /keuh lek"tiv/ , adj. 1. formed by collection. 2. forming a whole; combined: the collective assets …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOUN — n. part of speech used for persons places objects and conditions (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COLLECTIVE — I. kə-ˈlek-tiv adjective Date: 15th century 1. : denoting a number of persons or things considered as one group or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOUN — noun Etymology: Middle English nowne, from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen — more at name Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOUN — noun a word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; …
Webster English vocab
COLLECTIVE — noun a collective noun or name. 2. collective ·adj tending to collect; forming a collection. 3. collective ·adj deducing consequences; …
Webster English vocab
NOUN — ■ ~ Grammar a word (other than a pro~) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOUN — [noun] n [ME nowne, fr. AF noun name, noun, fr. OF nom, fr. L nomen--more at name] (14c): any member …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLECTIVE — [col.lec.tive] adj (15c) 1: denoting a number of persons or things considered as one group or whole "flock is a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOUN — noun BrE AmE naʊn ▷ nouns naʊnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE — collective BrE AmE kə ˈlekt ɪv ▷ collective|ly li ▷ collective|ness nəs nɪs ▷ collective|s z ▶ col ˌ lective …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOUN — / naʊn; NAmE / noun ( grammar ) ( abbr. n. ) a word that refers to a person, (such …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE — / kəˈlektɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. done or shared by all …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — noun /naʊn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: 'name, noun' , from Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLLECTIVE — I. col ‧ lec ‧ tive 1 /kəˈlektɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLLECTIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 formed by or constituting a collection. 2 taken as a whole; aggregate (our collective opinion). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 formed by or constituting a collection. 2 taken as a whole; aggregate (our collective opinion). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOUN — n. Gram. a word (other than a pronoun) or group of words used to name or identify any of a …
Oxford English vocab
COLLECTIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. formed by or constituting a collection. 2 taken as a whole; aggregate (our collective opinion). …
Oxford English vocab
NOUN — ( nouns) A noun is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLLECTIVE — ( collectives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Collective actions, situations, or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOUN — (~s) A ~ is a word such as ‘car’, ‘love’, or ‘Anne’ which is used to refer to a person …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NOUN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES abstract noun collective noun common noun concrete noun count noun proper noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLLECTIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a collective decision (= one that a number of people make together ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLLECTIVE — [adjective] - of or shared by every member of a group of peoplea collective decision/effort/opinion/actioncollective leadershipCollective bargaining is the system …
Cambridge English vocab
NOUN — n. Substantive.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
NOUN — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NOUN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plural , singular ▪ ‘Sheep’ is both a singular and a plural ~. ▪ countable ▪ mass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NOUN — • ↑ proper noun
Longman Activator English vocab
NOUN — сущ.; грам. имя существительное to decline, inflect a noun ≈ склонять имя существительное abstract noun ≈ абстрактное имя существительное attributive …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COLLECTIVE — 1. прил. 1) групповой, коллективный; совместный; общий, совокупный collective behaviour ≈ поведение коллектива collective farm ≈ колхоз (коллективное хозяйство) collective …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOUN — noun.ogg naʋn n грам. 1> существительное ( тж. noun substantive) proper noun - существительное собственное common noun - существительное нарицательное, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLLECTIVE — collective.ogg 1. kəʹlektıv n 1. коллектив 2. грам. собирательное имя существительное 2. kəʹlektıv a 1. коллективный, общий, совместный; совокупный collective …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COLLECTIVE — 1) коллектив || коллективный, совместный, групповой 2) совокупный, общий 3) собирательный • - collective of automata - irregular collective
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NOUN — сущ.; грам.имя существительное to decline, inflect a noun — склонять имя существительное abstract noun — грам. абстрактное имя существительное attributive …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COLLECTIVE — collective прил.1) групповой, коллективный; совместный; общий, совокупный collective behaviour — поведение коллектива collective farm — колхоз (коллективное хозяйство) collective improvisation …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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