collective in English dictionary

  • collective

    Meanings and definitions of "collective"

    • Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
    • (obsolete): Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
    • (grammar): 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.
    • Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
    • A farm owned by a collection of people.
    • (grammar) A collective noun or name.
    • (by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
    • adjective
      Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
    • adjective
      Tending to collect; forming a collection.
    • adjective
      Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
    • adjective
      (grammar)
      Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
    • noun
      A farm owned by a collection of people.
    • noun
      (chiefly in communist countries)
      One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
    • noun
      (grammar)
      A collective noun or name.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
    • in grammar
    • Formed by gathering or collecting.
    • adjective
      done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
    • adjective
      forming a whole or aggregate
    • adjective
      set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"
    • noun
      members of a cooperative enterprise

    Synonyms of "collective" in English dictionary

    joint, clustered, socialistic are the top synonyms of "collective" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "collective" in English dictionary

    distributive is the antonym of "collective" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of collective

    • collective ( plural  collectives)
    • collective ( not comparable)
    • collective (not comparable)
    • collective (plural collectives)
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