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collective

[ kuh-lek-tiv ]

adjective

  1. formed by collection.
  2. forming a whole; combined:

    the collective assets of a corporation and its subsidiaries.

  3. of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together:

    the collective wishes of the membership.

  4. organized according to the principles of collectivism:

    a collective farm.



noun

  1. a collective body; group.
  2. a business, farm, etc., jointly owned and operated by the members of a group.
  3. a unit of organization or the organization in a collectivist system.

collective

/ kəˈlɛktɪv /

adjective

  1. formed or assembled by collection
  2. forming a whole or aggregate
  3. of, done by, or characteristic of individuals acting in cooperation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. a cooperative enterprise or unit, such as a collective farm
    2. the members of such a cooperative
  1. short for collective noun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • colˈlectively, adverb
  • colˈlectiveness, noun
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Other Words From

  • col·lec·tive·ly adverb
  • non·col·lec·tive adjective
  • un·col·lec·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of collective1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English collectif (from Middle French ), from Latin collēctīvus, equivalent to collēct(us) (past participle of colligere; collect 1 ) + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences

Some still have to be negotiated with the Fraternal Order of Police, a police membership organization that engages in collective bargaining and has historically worked against police accountability.

From Vox

Unions, which act as a sort of intermediary between workers and their employers, advocate on behalf of employees for better wages, working conditions and other benefits through collective bargaining.

It succeeded by putting researchers working on disparate projects on the same campus in New Jersey and harnessing their collective power.

From Fortune

Bates said workers’ rights are typically negotiated through collective bargaining, but the pandemic made a citywide ordinance necessary.

Spreading travelers to more destinations, rather than concentrating them into a few lucky resort spots, he says, “is more sustaining than people think,” in spite of our collective pre-Covid-19 proclivities.

From Fortune

The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.

We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.

The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.

The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.

Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown.

A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.

Under the present order and with the present gloomy preconceptions they have been the least of its collective cares.

This can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.

This act is performed by the Christian church in a collective ecclesiastical capacity.

I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.

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