Hypertext Webster Gateway: "collective"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.)
A collective noun or name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Collective \Col*lect"ive\, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
collectif.]
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, jury, 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

collective
adj 1: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a
joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate
good" [syn: {corporate}]
2: forming a whole or aggregate [ant: {distributive}]
3: set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and
production by the workers involved usually under the
supervision of a government; "collective farms"
n : members of a cooperative enterprise


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