collective

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French collectif, from Latin collectivus, from collectus, past participle of colligere (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legere (“to gather”). Compare French collectif.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɛktɪv/
• Hyphenation, US: col‧lec‧tive; UK: col‧lect‧ive
• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

AdjectiveEdit

collective (not comparable)

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

   the collective body of a nation

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

     Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.

3. Having plurality of origin or authority
4. (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form
5. (obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     critical and collective reason

Derived termsEdit

• collective agreement
• collective call sign
• collective fruit
• collective memory
• collective note
• collective noun
• collective number
• collective numeral
• collective punishment
• collective study
• collective security
• collective unconscious
• collectiveness
• collectively
• hypercollective

Related termsEdit

• collect
• collectible
• collection
• collectivity
• collector

TranslationsEdit

formed by gathering or collecting

• Finnish: yhteinen (fi)

tending to collect; forming a collection

• Finnish: kokoava (fi)

having plurality of origin or authority

• Finnish: yhteinen (fi)

in grammar

• Bulgarian: събирателен (bg) (sǎbiratelen)
• Catalan: col·lectiu
• Dutch: collectief (nl)
• Finnish: kollektiivinen (fi)

• Greek: περιληπτικός (el) m (periliptikós)
• Polish: zbiorowy (pl) m
• Russian: собирательное n (sobiratelʹnoje)
• Spanish: colectivo (es)

deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שתופי‎‎ (shitûphi)

NounEdit

collective (plural collectives)

1. A farm owned by a collection of people.
2. (especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
3. (grammar) A collective noun or name.
4. (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.

TranslationsEdit

farm owned by a group

• Finnish: kollektiivitila (fi)

state farm

• Finnish: kolhoosi (fi)

in grammar

• Dutch: verzamelnaam (nl)
• Finnish: kollektiivinen substantiivi

• Greek: περιληπτικό όνομα n (periliptikó ónoma), περιληπτική έννοια (periliptikí énnoia)

group

• Finnish: kollektiivi (fi)
• Greek: συλλογικότητα (el) f (syllogikótita)

• Maori: tōpūtanga
• Spanish: colectivo (es) m

Derived termsEdit

• collectivize
• collective noun

See alsoEdit

• collective fruit (Botany), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit.

ReferencesEdit

• collective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• collective in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• collective at OneLook Dictionary Search

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FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

collective

1. feminine singular of collectif

   Après une belle action collective, l'équipe a enfin marqué un but.

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

collectīve

1. vocative masculine singular of collectīvus