collective
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
Adjective 4 meanings
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
“the collective body of a nation”
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Having plurality of origin or authority.
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.
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COLLECTIVE at a glance
COLLECTIVE has 10 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + L 1 + L 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,208 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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