Definition for
collective
– Belonging to, vested in, or exercised by a number of individuals jointly, or considered as forming one body; united; aggregated: opposed to individual and distributive: as, collective actions.
– In grammar, denoting an aggregate, group, or assemblage; expressing under the singular form a whole consisting of a plurality of individual objects or persons: as, a collective noun.
– Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
– Having the quality or power of collecting together; tending to collect; forming a collection.
– Relating to or of the nature of collectivism; belonging to the people as a whole.
noun – In grammar, a noun in the singular number signifying an aggregate or assemblage, as multitude, crowd, troop, herd, people, society, Clergy, meeting, etc.
noun – A collective noun or name.
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