collective
- Adjective. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
- Adjective. (obsolete) : Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
- Adjective. (grammar) : Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
- Adjective. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
- Adjective. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
- Noun. A farm owned by a collection of people.
- Noun. (grammar) A collective noun or name.
- Noun. (by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
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