'Collective' definitions:
Definition of 'collective'
From: WordNet
adjective
Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: corporate, collective]
adjective
Forming a whole or aggregate [ant: distributive]
adjective
Set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"
noun
Members of a cooperative enterprise
Definition of 'Collective'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. [1913 Webster]
- Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. [1913 Webster]
- Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Collective'
From: GCIDE
- Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.) A collective noun or name. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'collective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Collective'
- Collect,
- Collected,
- Collectedly,
- Collectible,
- Collecting,
- Collection,
- Collectional,
- Collectively,
- Collectiveness,
- Collectivity,
- collectable,
- Collective fruit,
- art collection,
- bottle collection,
- coin collecting,
- coin collection,
- collect call,
- collect on delivery,
- collection agent,
- collection basket,
- collection plate,
- collective agreement,
- collective bargaining,
- collective farm,
- collective noun,
- collective security,
- garbage collection,
- loan collection,
- map collection,
- motley collection,
- rental collection,
- shell collecting,
- stamp collecting,
- stamp collection,
- tax collection,
- trash collection,
- Re-collect,
- To collect one's self,
- self-collected