collective
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /kəˈlɛktɪv/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation, US: col‧lec‧tive; UK: col‧lect‧ive
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
AdjectiveEdit
collective (not comparable)
- Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
- Synonyms: congregated, aggregated
- the collective body of a nation
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- 1741, [Edward Young], “Night the Fourth. The Christian Triumph.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 18:
- Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
- Having plurality of origin or authority.
- (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
- (obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
- 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
- critical and collective reason
Derived termsEdit
- collective agreement
- collective bargaining
- collective buying
- collective call sign
- collective fruit
- collective investment scheme
- collective memory
- collective note
- collective noun
- collective number
- collective numeral
- collective punishment
- collective security
- collective study
- collective title
- collective unconscious
- collectively
- collectiveness
- hypercollective
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
formed by gathering or collecting
having plurality of origin or authority
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in grammar
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deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring
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NounEdit
collective (plural collectives)
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- (especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
- (grammar) A collective noun or name.
- (by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
- 2005, Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in contemporary art since 1985 (page 76)
- 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.
- 2021 October 13, Adam Bradley, “The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- 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.
- 2005, Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in contemporary art since 1985 (page 76)
- The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
- 2012, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Helicopter Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-21A, Ravenio Books:
- A pilot normally holds the collective stationary until the helicopter stops; however, to get more braking action, lower the collective slightly. Keep in mind that, due to the increased ground friction when the collective is lowered or […]
- 2021 July 27, Federal Aviation Administration, Helicopter Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-21B, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- Hover height, rate of ascent, and the rate of descent are controlled by using the collective. Helicopter position and the direction of travel are controlled by the cyclic.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
farm owned by a group
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in grammar
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group
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- collective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- collective in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- collective at OneLook Dictionary Search
Further readingEdit
- "collective" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 69.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
collective
LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
collēctīve