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English
Etymology
Latin collectivus: confer French collectif.
Adjective
collective (not comparable)
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Positive collective |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- 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.
- Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. -Young.
- Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
Noun
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Singular collective |
Plural collectives |
collective (plural collectives)
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- (grammar) A collective noun or name.
Derived terms
See also
- collective fruit (Botany), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit.
References
- collective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Adjective
collective
- feminine form of collectif
- Après une belle action collective, l'équipe a enfin marqué un but.
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