English Explanatory Dictionary

collective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
  2. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
  3. Having plurality of origin or authority.
  4. Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
  5. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
noun
  1. A farm owned by a collection of people.
  2. One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
  3. A collective noun or name.
  4. A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
  5. The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

Pronunciation

/kəˈlɛktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collective.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-collective.wav

Word forms

collective collectives

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.

Synonyms

congregated aggregated

Related words

collect collectible collection collectivity collector

Derived words

anticollective collective action collective agreement collective bargaining collective-bargaining agreement collective buying collective call sign collective fruit collective investment scheme collectively collective memory collective mode collectiveness collective note collective number collective numeral collective punishment collective security collective species collective study collective title collective unconscious collective West collectivism collectivist collectivization hypercollective noncollective collective noun collectivize thought collective
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