collective

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
2. (not-comparable) Tending to collect; forming a collection.
3. (not-comparable) Having plurality of origin or authority.
4. (not-comparable) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

Noun

1. A farm owned by a collection of people.
2. (especially) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
3. A collective noun or name.
4. (broadly) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
5. The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

Synonyms

joint

common

group

corporate

team

communal

public

general

mutual

aggregate

collective farm

cooperative

mass

aggregative

community

combined

body

shared

collaborative

organization

owned

sequence

set

social

state

synthesis

synthesize

synthetic

together

unanimous

unified

united

gather together

organisation

belonging to a multitude

comprehending the whole

accumulating

synthetic general

as a whole

association

citizenry

co-ed

coeducational

collected

collecting

collective noun

comprehensive

concerted

congregation

conjoint

Translations

collectif

colectivo

collettivo

collectief

col·lectiu

coletivo

kollektiv

Kollektiv

συλλογικός

gemeenschappelijk

collegiale

gemeinschaftlich

gemeinsam

جماعي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlɛktɪv/

Etymology

Cognate with French: collectif

In summary

From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.