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collective

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/kəˈlɛktɪv/ English

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noun

  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

adjective

  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
  3. Having plurality of origin or authority
  4. (grammar) expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form

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