Definition of COLLECTIVE

collective

Meanings

Plural: collectives

Noun

  • members of a cooperative enterprise
  • A farm owned by a collection of people.
  • One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
  • A collective noun or name.
  • A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
  • The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

Adjective Satellite

  • done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
    • "the collective mind"
  • set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
    • "collective farms"

Adjective

  • forming a whole or aggregate

Adj

  • Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
  • Tending to collect; forming a collection.
  • Having plurality of origin or authority.
  • Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
  • Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.

Antonyms

distributive

Scrabble Score: 17

collective is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
collective is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
collective is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

collective is a valid Words With Friends word