Thesaurus: collective

Related headwords

Definitions

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. 1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley. 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." Sir T. Browne. 3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc. 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young. 5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. Gray. A collective noun or name.
12. Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by asingular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army,juri, etc.