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collective

//kəˈlɛktɪv//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

formal

Note for collective

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Forms

Plural
collectives

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

  2. 2.Tending to collect; forming a collection.

    • Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
  3. 3.Having plurality of origin or authority.

  4. 4.Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A farm owned by a collection of people.

  2. 2.One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.

  3. 3.A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.

    • Today’s collectives create together, tour together, exhibit together, live together, survive together, eat together, sleep together, march together, fight together and party together, too.
    • There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities.
    • Critical Art Ensemble is one of many art collectives operating on the principle that information is power and that it is most effectively made available through a combination of science and aesthetics.
  4. 4.A collective noun or name.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3512

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Uncommon
Literature
Rare

Related words

Synonyms

Word family

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

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