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collective

Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛktɪv/
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Definition of collective

adjective

  • done by people acting as a group:a collective protest
  • relating to or shared by all the members of a group:ministers who share collective responsibility a collective sigh of relief from parents
  • taken as a whole; aggregate:the collective power of the workforce

noun

  • a cooperative enterprise: the anarchist collective and bookshop
  • a collective farm.

Derivatives

collectively

adverb

collectiveness

noun

collectivity

Pronunciation: /-ˈtɪvɪti/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'representing many individuals'): from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- 'gathered together', from the verb colligere (see collect1)

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