What does collective mean?
Definitions for collective
kəˈlɛk tɪvcol·lec·tive
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word collective.
Princeton's WordNet
collectiveadjective
members of a cooperative enterprise
corporate, collectiveadjective
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
"a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
collectiveadjective
forming a whole or aggregate
collectiveadjective
set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
"collective farms"
Wiktionary
collectivenoun
A farm owned by a collection of people.
collectivenoun
A collective noun or name.
collectivenoun
A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
collectiveadjective
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
collectiveadjective
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
collectiveadjective
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
collectiveadjective
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. -Young.
collectiveadjective
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Collectiveadjective
Etymology: from collect, collectif, French.
A body collective, because it containeth a huge multitude. Richard Hooker, b. iii. sect. 81.
The three forms of government differ only by the civil administration being in the hands of one or two, called kings, in a senate called the nobles, or in the people collective or representative, who may be called the commons. Jonathan Swift.
The difference between a compound and a collective idea is, that a compound idea unites things of a different kind; but a collective idea, things of the same. Isaac Watts, Logick.
Antiquity left unto us many falsities, controulable not only by critical and collective reason, but contrary observations. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 6.
Wikipedia
Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together to achieve a common objective. Collectives can differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving, but can be that as well. The term "collective" is sometimes used to describe a species as a whole—for example, the human collective. For political purposes, a collective is defined by decentralized, or "majority-rules" decision making styles.
ChatGPT
collective
Collective is a term used to describe a group of individuals or entities that act together as a whole or share a common interest or purpose. This group may be unstructured or structured in nature. It can refer to organizations, cooperatives, associations, societies, or simply informal groupings of people. In the broader sense, it may also encompass collective behaviors, actions, ideas, or responsibility in both social and political contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Collectiveadjective
formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation
Collectiveadjective
deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring
Collectiveadjective
expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc
Collectiveadjective
tending to collect; forming a collection
Collectiveadjective
having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note
Collectivenoun
a collective noun or name
Etymology: [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.]
Wikidata
Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective. Collectives differ from cooperatives in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving. There may be some issues with meaningfully describing the qualities of a collective.
Editors Contribution
collective
A group focused on a specific cause or effort.
The collective group of people working together solve things easily.
Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020
collective
A group forming a whole.
The collective voice was expressed at the general election.
Submitted by MaryC on February 9, 2020
collective
Humanity, universal beings, animals and other living organisms creating and existing as an intelligent group.
We are a united, organized, intelligent, passionate, motivated and determined collective.
Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020
collective
The consciousness of a group of people or animals focused on a specific cause or effort.
The collective consciousness of politics is of unity, solidarity, cohesion and the creation of optimum health, human rights, shared prosperity, unity government for all .
Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'collective' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3903
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'collective' in Adjectives Frequency: #527
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of collective in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of collective in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of collective in a Sentence
For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each class resembles a hotel or an omnibus, always full, but always of different people.
If we've got a collective defense, it means that everybody's got to chip in, and I've had some concerns about a diminished level of defense spending among some of our partners in NATO, the situation in Ukraine reminds us that our freedom isn't free and we've got to be willing to pay for the assets, the personnel, the training that's required to make sure that we have a credible NATO force and an effective deterrent force.
Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana:
This virus has affected thousands of our people and has nearly brought our country to its knees, we all have a collective responsibility to break the chains of transmission by isolating the sick and reporting all known contacts, by not touching the dead ... We cannot be complacent. We must work together as a nation to end Ebola now.
While the United States and our allies and partners are coordinating a collective, transparent response to save lives, the PRC continues to silence scientists, journalists, and citizens, and to spread disinformation, which has exacerbated the dangers of this health crisis.
The greatest individual and collective responsibility of everybody in the organisation is to build brand reputation and value through everything that thay say and do everyday.
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- събирателенBulgarian
- col·lectiuCatalan, Valencian
- συλλογικόςGreek
- colectivoSpanish
- collectifFrench
- ComhthionólIrish
- सामूहिकHindi
- kolektifIndonesian
- collettivoItalian
- קולקטיביHebrew
- 集団Japanese
- 집단Korean
- collectivumLatin
- collectiefDutch
- zbiorowyPolish
- colectivRomanian
- собирательноеRussian
- topluTurkish
- колективнийUkrainian
- اجتماعیUrdu
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