collective

col·lec·tive (k

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adj.

1. Assembled into or viewed as a whole.

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

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

2. Grammar A collective noun.

col·lective·ly adv.

col·lective·ness n.

collective [kəˈlɛktɪv]

adj

1. formed or assembled by collection

2. forming a whole or aggregate

3. of, done by, or characteristic of individuals acting in cooperation

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a. a cooperative enterprise or unit, such as a collective farm

b. the members of such a cooperative

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) short for collective noun

collectively adv

collectiveness n

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.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

collective

adjective

1. joint, united, shared, common, combined, corporate, concerted, unified, cooperative It was a collective decision taken by the full board.
joint individual, split, divided, uncooperative, uncombined

2. combined, aggregate, composite, cumulative Their collective volume wasn't very large.
combined individual, separate, uncombined

Translations

collective [kəˈlektɪv]

A. N

1. (= co-operative) → colectivo m

2. (also collective noun) (Ling) → colectivo m

B. ADJ → colectivo

C. CPD collective bargaining N → negociación f del convenio colectivo
collective farm N → granja f colectiva
collective noun N → sustantivo m colectivo, nombre m colectivo
collective ownership N → propiedad f colectiva
collective security N → seguridad f colectiva
collective unconscious N → subconsciente m colectivo

collective [kəˈlɛktɪv]

adj [responsibility, action] → collectif/ive

n → coopérative f
collective bargaining n → négociation f collective

collective

adj

→ kollektiv, Kollektiv-; responsibility, agreement, action also → gemeinsam; collective ticket → Sammelfahrschein m

(= accumulated) wisdom, discoveries, experience → gesamt attr; the collective unconscious → das kollektive Unbewusste

n → Kollektiv nt; (= farm also) → Produktionsgenossenschaft f

collective [kəˈlɛktɪv]

1. n → collettivo

2. adj → collettivo/a

collective → جمعى, منظمة تعاونية kolektiv, kolektivní kollektiv Kollektiv κολλεκτίβα, συλλογικός colectivo kollektiivi, yhteis- collectif kolektiv, kolektivni collettivo 集団, 集団の 집단, 집합적인 collectief, gezamenlijk felles, kollektiv kolektyw, zbiorowy colectivo, coletivo, cooperativa коллектив, общий gemensam, kollektiv กลุ่ม หมู่คณะ, ซึ่งเป็นกลุ่ม ortak, ortaklaşa chung, tập thể 集体, 集体的

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collective farm
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In all associations of men there is generally one who, by the authority of age and of a more experienced wisdom, imparts a collective character to the whole set.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

Therefore for all persons to say the same thing was their own, using the word all in its distributive sense, would be well, but is impossible: in its collective sense it would by no means contribute to the concord of the state.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

Whether political, ecclesiastical, or moral, all their teaching has for its object the improvement of individual and collective Configuration -- with special reference of course to the Configuration of the Circles, to which all other objects are subordinated.

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

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collection agency

collection asset

collection basket