Collective
WordNet
adjective
(1) Set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
"Collective farms"
(2) Forming a whole or aggregate
(3) Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
"A joint identity"
"The collective mind"
"The corporate good"
noun
(4) Members of a cooperative enterprise
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From < , pp. of < + . Cf. French .
Adjective
- Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
- : Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
- : Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. -Young.
- Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
Related terms
- collect
- collectible
- collection
- collectivity
- collector
Noun
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- A collective noun or name.
See also
- collective fruit (Botany), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit.
Adjective
- feminine form of collectif
- Après une belle action collective, l'équipe a enfin marqué un but.