A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. Examples of collective nouns are:
Examples of sentences using collective nouns (in bold):
We brought mom a bouquet of flowers.
Take a pack of cards for the train trip.
A flock of birds perched along the power lines.
A crowd of onlookers blocked access to the accident scene.
A pride of lions stalked the herd of wildebeests.
Examples of collective nouns for things are:
We took a boat out to see the pod of whales.
The was a line of people around the block by the time they opened the ticket window.
The herd of cattle is brought in from the pasture every evening.
The panel of judges could not agree on a winner.
We bought a bushel of peaches, some bunches of grapes, and a rope of onions at the farmers market. When we smelled a batch of bread baking, we pulled into the bakery and bought some loaves of bread.
I saw a flock of birds heading south.
The crowd of onlookers spread into the street blocking traffic.
A mob of kangaroos stirred up a cloud of dust as they crossed the road.
I found a clutch of eggs in a robin's nest.
The apiarists collected the new swarm of bees from the branch and introduced it to one of his empty hives.
Examples of collective nouns in a sentence:
A collective noun is a word used to group nouns for people or things in a descriptive way. Example sentences with collective noun in bold:
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. Example sentences:
Examples of collective nouns are 'a lot of parking attendants' and 'a lot of realtors'.
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
No, the noun 'art' is not a collective noun. Some examples of collective nouns that can be used to group are are:a collection of arta gallery of arta museum of arta display of art
A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive or fanciful way. There are nouns that are by definition words for a group, and there are nouns that are commonly accepted as collective nouns. However, a collective noun is an informal part of language, any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun.Some examples of the noun 'jury' used as a collective noun:a jury of peersa jury of citizensa jury of professionalsa jury of fools
There is no collective noun for accept. The word 'accept' is a verb.A collective noun is a noun used to group nouns for people or things in a descriptive way.Examples of collective nouns are herd, as in a herd of sheep or bouquet, as in a bouquet of flowers.
The noun 'packet' is a collective noun for a packet of sweets.
Examples of collective nouns are:a crew of workersa run of salmona chain of islandsa batch of cookies
Examples of collective nouns for the noun land are:an acre of landa hectare of landa plot of landa tract of land
Examples of collective nouns are 'a lot of parking attendants' and 'a lot of realtors'.
No, newspaper is a common, singular noun. Examples of collective nouns for newspaper are pile or stack of newspapers.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Most nouns are not collective nouns, for example a word for a person (mother, uncle, lawyer, neighbor) and a word for a place (continent, city, island, park) are not collective nouns. Collective nouns are words for things, but not all words for things can be collective nouns, such as cat, hamburger, oxygen, money, etc. Proper nouns are not collective nouns (Napoleon, India, Coca Cola, etc.) A collective noun is considered a collective noun as a function, not as a definition of the noun. Collective nouns are an informal part of language. A collective noun is a noun used to group two or more people or things in a descriptive way.
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
Examples of collective nouns for shade trees a stand of shade trees or a grove of shade trees.
Examples of collective nouns for the noun 'states' are:a union of statesa federation of statesa coalition of states
what is the collective nouns for savages?
The collective noun for a group of convicts is a chain of convicts. Other collective nouns for convicts would be the same as for any group of people; examples are a crowd, a group, a gang, an organization, a colony, a class, etc.
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.