term sth collectively
Frequency: 4.51.8 per million words
To name or call a group of things by a particular term.
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- Alligators, crocodiles, and gharials are collectively termed 'crocodilians'.
- Protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus are collectively termed 'nucleons'.
- Sociologists collectively term these major societal shifts 'modernization'.
- Various forms of malicious software are collectively termed 'malware'.
- The historian decided to term these related events collectively the 'Great Transition'.
- Nouns, verbs, and adjectives can be collectively termed 'content words'.
- For the exhibition, we will collectively term this series of paintings the 'Blue Period'.
- The first four books of the New Testament are collectively termed the 'canonical gospels'.
- The report termed these numerous startup failures collectively a 'market correction'.
- These cognitive biases that influence our judgment are what psychologists collectively term 'heuristics'.