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collective
What does collective mean?
collective (adjective): done by or characteristic of individuals acting together.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use collective in a sentence?
- The collective mind. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce collective?
/kəˈlɛktɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does collective come from?
From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “collective” mean?
done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
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liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired
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easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory
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being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
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