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English Dictionary: collective	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for collective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collective adj done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" Synonym(s): corporate, collective forming a whole or aggregate Antonym(s): distributive set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms" n members of a cooperative enterprise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collective \Collect"ive\, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.] 1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the {collective} body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley. 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] [bd]Critical and collective* reason.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc. 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. --Young. 5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. {Collective fruit} (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also {multiple fruit}. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Collective \Collect"ive\, n. (Gram.) A collective* noun or name.