| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,754,736,722 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
collective |
Also found in: Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
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 n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. a cooperative enterprise or unit, such as a collective farm b. the members of such a cooperative 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
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] 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 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 collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] 1. n → collettivo 2. adj → collettivo/a collective [kəˈlɛktɪv] 1. n → collettivo 2. adj → collettivo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 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. 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. |
| Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|