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Meaning of collective

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

collective

Pronunciation:/kəˈlɛktɪv/

noun

Definitions

  1. A farm owned by a collection of people

  2. (especially in communist countries) one of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community

  3. (grammar) a collective noun or name

  4. (by extension) a group dedicated to a particular cause or interest

adjective

Definitions

  1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated

    Example: the collective body of a nation

  2. Tending to collect; forming a collection

  3. Having plurality of origin or authority

  4. (grammar) expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form