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col⋅lec⋅tive

[kuh-lek-tiv]
–adjective
1. formed by collection.
2. forming a whole; combined: the collective assets of a corporation and its subsidiaries.
3. of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together: the collective wishes of the membership.
4. organized according to the principles of collectivism: a collective farm.
–noun
5. collective noun.
6. a collective body; aggregate.
7. a business, farm, etc., jointly owned and operated by the members of a group.
8. a unit of organization or the organization in a collectivist system.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME collectif (< MF) < L collēctīvus, equiv. to collēct(us) (ptp. of colligere; see collect 1 ) + -īvus -ive


col⋅lec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
col·lec·tive   (kə-lěk'tĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Assembled into or viewed as a whole.
  2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
n.  
  1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
  2. Grammar A collective noun.
col·lec'tive·ly adv., col·lec'tive·ness n.

Collectively

Col*lect"ive*ly\, adv. In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
Language Translation for : collectively
Spanish: colectivamente,
German: gemeinsam,
Japanese: 集合的に
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