See Also: collective(dictionary)
Collective Mark(law)
Collective Bargaining(law)
collective noun(dictionary)
collective farm(dictionary)
collective bargaining(dictionary)
collective 2, noun(dictionary)
collective 1, adjective(dictionary)
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collective (iou)



collective adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect-: see COLLECT verb, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Denoting or representing a number of individuals or items. LME.
collective noun: denoting, in the singular, more than one individual, e.g. committee, flock.
J. Locke The great collective idea of all bodies whatsoever, signified by the name world.
Formed by collection; constituting a collection; taken as a whole, aggregate. L16.
collective fruit Botany a fruit formed by the aggregation of carpels from several flowers, as in the mulberry.
W. Taylor A collective edition of his works.
That deduces or infers. rare. Only in M17.
Pertaining to or derived from a number of individuals taken or acting together. M17.
collective bargaining negotiation of wages etc. by an organized body of employees. collective farm: consisting of the holdings of several farmers run as a joint enterprise, esp. in the former USSR. collective ownership State ownership (of land, the means of production) for the benefit of all. collective security Politics the policy or principle of the alliance of several countries to strengthen the security of each. collective unconscious Jungian Psychology the part of the unconscious that derives from ancient ancestral experience and is common to all.
W. Lippmann The socialist contention that the collective ownership of the means of production will produce..men who are purged of acquisitiveness and aggression.
b. noun.
A collective noun. E17.
A collective body, whole, or organization; esp. a collective farm. M17.
collectively adverb in a collective manner; in a body, jointly: L16.
collectiveness noun M17.