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Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

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  1. a. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
  2. a. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
  3. a. Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
  4. a. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
  5. a. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
  6. n. A collective noun or name.
  7. adj. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
  8. adj. forming a whole or aggregate
  9. adj. set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
  10. n. members of a cooperative enterprise
  11. Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by asingular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army,juri, etc.