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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.)
     A collective noun or name.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.)
     A collective noun or name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
        ``Critical and collective reason.'' --Sir T. Browne.
  
     3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
        individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
        noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
  
     4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
  
              Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central
              point, collective of his sons.        --Young.
  
     5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
        a note signed by the representatives of several
        governments is called a collective note.
  
     Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
        of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
        called also multiple fruit. --Gray.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  collective
       adj 1: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a
              joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate
              good" [syn: corporate]
       2: forming a whole or aggregate [ant: distributive]
       3: set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and
          production by the workers involved usually under the
          supervision of a government; "collective farms"
       n : members of a cooperative enterprise

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr collectif)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la collēctīvus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     a.
     1 Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or
  body.
     2 Tending to collect; forming a collection.
     3 Having plurality of origin or authority.
     4 (lb en grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
  individuals, by a singular form.
     5 (lb en obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
     n.
     1 A farm owned by a collection of people.
     2 (lb en especially in communist countries) One of more farms managed
  and owned, through the state, by the community.
     3 (lb en grammar) A collective noun or name.
     4 (lb en by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or
  interest.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr collectif)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la collēctīvus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr collectif)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la collēctīvus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     Ranska a.
     (fr-a-taivm collect ive)
     Ranska n.
     kollektiivi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  collective
     Engelska a.
     1 kollektiv
     2 samlad
     Engelska n.
     kollektiv

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/
  جماعي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  collective //kəˈlɛktɪv// 
  1. колективен
  having plurality of origin or authority
  2. събирателен
  in grammar

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  collective //kəˈlɛktɪv// 
  колектив
  group

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/ 
  kolektiv

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/ 
  družstvo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/ 
  společný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/ 
  sdílený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  collective /kəlˈɛktɪv/ 
  kolektivní