collective
//kəˈlɛktɪv//
formalForms
- Plural
- collectives
Definitions
1.Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
2.Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
3.Having plurality of origin or authority.
4.Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
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 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.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
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