Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collective action

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: col-lec-tive ac-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An action taken by a group of individuals acting together.

Example Sentences

"They ruthlessly suppressed any dissent for fear that it would inspire the citizens to take some sort of collective action against the government."

Inflected Forms

collective actions (plural)

Questions

What does collective action mean?: An action taken by a group of individuals acting together.

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