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 Definitions for collective: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Collective \Col*lect"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.
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2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
"Critical and collective reason." --Sir T. Browne.
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3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
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4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
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Local is his throne . . . to fix a point,
A central point, collective of his sons. --Young.
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5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
a note signed by the representatives of several
governments is called a collective note.
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Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
called also multiple fruit. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.)
A collective noun or name.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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collective
adj 1: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a
joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate
good" [syn: corporate]
2: forming a whole or aggregate [ant: distributive]
3: 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "collective":
abstract, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated,
at one with, bland, broad, coacting, coactive, coadjutant,
coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coincident, collaborative,
collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, combining,
commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist,
communistic, communitarian, commutual, concerted, concomitant,
concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, conniving,
consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative,
coordinate, coworking, ecumenic, featureless, fellow, general,
generalized, generic, harmonious, harmonized, in common,
indefinite, indeterminate, joint, meeting, mutual, nebulous,
neutral, noncompetitive, nonspecific, parasitic, popular, public,
reciprocal, saprophytic, social, socialistic, societal, symbiotic,
synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, uncharacterized,
uncompetitive, undifferentiated, united, uniting, unspecified,
vague, wide
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