collective

col·lec·tive  (k-lktv)

adj.

1. Assembled or accumulated into a whole.

2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.

n.

1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.

2. Grammar A collective noun.

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col·lective·ly adv.

col·lective·ness n.

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collective

Adjective

done by or characteristic of individuals acting as a group: the army's collective wisdom regarding peacekeeping

Noun

a group of people working together on an enterprise and sharing the benefits from it

collectively adv

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Collective a collective body; a gathering; a collection of extracts; a number of individuals working or acting together; specifically in the USSR, a farm created by pooling together a number of small holdings. See also aggregate, body.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collective - members of a cooperative enterprise enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" collective farm - a farm operated collectively
Adj.	1.	collective - done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" corporate joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"
	2.	collective - forming a whole or aggregate integrative - combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front" distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse
	3.	collective - set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms" socialist, socialistic - advocating or following the socialist principles; "socialistic government"

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collective

adjective 1. joint, united, shared, common, combined, corporate, concerted, unified, cooperative << OPPOSITE individual

2. combined, aggregate, composite, cumulative << OPPOSITE separate

Translations

collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] adj → colectivo

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collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] collect adj → collectif/ive

n → collectif m

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collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] collect adj → kollektiv, gemeinsam

n → Kollektiv nt;

collective farm → landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft f

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collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] adj → collettivo/a

n → collettivo