Collective
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈlɛktɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Collective is an adjective meaning Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
Meaning
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
More Meanings
- Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- Having plurality of origin or authority.
- (grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
- A farm owned by a collection of people.
- (especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
- (grammar) A collective noun or name.
- (obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
Example Sentences
critical and collective reason
the collective body of a nation
Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
Hover height, rate of ascent, and the rate of descent are controlled by using the collective. Helicopter position and the direction of travel are controlled by the cyclic.
Word Forms
- collectives
Synonyms for collective
Depending on context, synonyms include congregated, aggregated, aggregate, joint, mass, agglomerate.
Antonyms for collective
Common opposites include distributive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aggregative, aggregate, clustered, agglomerative, agglomerate, mass.
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