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 Definitions of Collective  [əˈlɛk tɪv]  

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Definition of 'Collective' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) collective
formed by collection.

2.  collective
forming a whole; combined:
our collective assets.

3.  collective
characteristic or expressive of a group:
their collective wishes.

4.  collective
organized according to the principles of collectivism.

5. (n.) collective
an organization in a collectivist system, esp. a collective farm.

6.  collective
a collective body; aggregate.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L)

Definition of 'Collective' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) collective
members of a cooperative enterprise

2. (adj) corporate, collective
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
"a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"

3. (adj) collective
forming a whole or aggregate

4. (adj) collective
set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
"collective farms"


Definition of 'Collective' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) collective
shared by all members of a group
collective responsibility


Definition of 'Collective' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Collective
formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation

2. (adj) Collective
deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring

3. (adj) Collective
expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc

4. (adj) Collective
tending to collect; forming a collection

5. (adj) Collective
having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note

6. (noun) Collective
a collective noun or name


Translation of 'Collective' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of a number of people etc combined into one group
This success was the result of a collective effort.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gesamentlike Arabic flag Arabic: جَماعي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: общ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: coletivo Czech flag Czech: kolektivní German flag German: vereint
Danish flag Danish: fælles; kollektiv Greek flag Greek: συλλογικός Spanish flag Spanish: colectivo
Estonian flag Estonian: ühine, kollektiivne Farsi flag Farsi: مشترک؛ دسته جمعی Finnish flag Finnish: kollektiivinen
French flag French: collectif Hebrew flag Hebrew: שִיתוּפִי Hindi flag Hindi: सामूहिक
Croatian flag Croatian: kolektivan, skupan, zajed Hungarian flag Hungarian: együttes Indonesian flag Indonesian: kolektif
Icelandic flag Icelandic: heildar-; samvinnu- Italian flag Italian: collettivo Japanese flag Japanese: 集団的な
Korean flag Korean: 집단적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kolektyvinis, bendras Latvian flag Latvian: kolektīvs; kopējs
Malay flag Malay: usaha sama Dutch flag Dutch: gezamenlijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: kollektiv-, gruppe-, fell
Polish flag Polish: zbiorowy Persian flag Persian: مشترک؛ دسته جمعی Pashto flag Pashto: ډله ايز: اشتراكى: را غونډ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: colectivo Romanian flag Romanian: co­lectiv Russian flag Russian: коллективный
Slovak flag Slovak: kolektívny Slovenian flag Slovenian: skupen Serbian flag Serbian: zajednički
Swedish flag Swedish: kollektiv Thai flag Thai: หมู่คณะ Turkish flag Turkish: toplu, kollektif
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 集體的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: колективний Urdu flag Urdu: مشترکہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tập thể Chinese flag Chinese: 集体的

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