collective

noun

(by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.

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.

The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

adjective

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.

Tending to collect; forming a collection.

Having plurality of origin or authority.

(grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.

(obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

Roots

legolect- · Latin · gather, choose

Synonyms for collective

communaladj collaborativeadj cooperativeadj concertedadj communitarian

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