Word Study
collective
CIDE DICTIONARY
collective, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.].
- 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]
- Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Tending to collect; forming a collection. [1913 Webster]"Local is his throne . . . to fix a point,
A central point, collective of his sons." [1913 Webster] - 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, n.
A collective noun or name. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
collective, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 formed by or constituting a collection.
2 taken as a whole; aggregate (our collective opinion).
3 of or from several or many individuals; common.
--n.
1 a = collective farm. b any cooperative enterprise. c its members.
2 = collective noun.
--adj.
1 formed by or constituting a collection.
2 taken as a whole; aggregate (our collective opinion).
3 of or from several or many individuals; common.
--n.
1 a = collective farm. b any cooperative enterprise. c its members.
2 = collective noun.
Idiom
collective bargaining negotiation of wages etc. by an organized body of employees. collective farm a jointly-operated esp. State-owned amalgamation of several smallholdings. collective noun Gram. a noun that is grammatically singular and denotes a collection or number of individuals (e.g. assembly, family, troop). collective ownership ownership of land, means of production, etc., by all for the benefit of all. collective unconscious Psychol. (in Jungian theory) the part of the unconscious mind derived from ancestral memory and experience common to all mankind, as distinct from the personal unconscious.
Derivative
collectively adv. collectiveness n. collectivity n.
Etymology
F collectif or L collectivus (as COLLECT(1))
THESAURUS
collective
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, wideROGET THESAURUS
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Generality
N generality, generalization, universality, catholicity, catholicism, miscellany, miscellaneousness, dragnet, common run, worldwideness, everyone, everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife, anybody, N or M, all sorts, prevalence, run, general, generic, collective, broad, comprehensive, sweeping, encyclopedical, widespread, universal, catholic, catholical, common, worldwide, ecumenical, oecumenical, transcendental, prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting, all over, covered with, Pan-American, Anglican, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary, whatever, whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run.For further exploring for "collective" in Webster Dictionary Online
