Definition of collectives Collectives

/kʌlɛˈktɪvz/ - [kulektivz] -

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What does collectives mean?

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Noun Plural: collectives
collective - members of a cooperative enterprise
		enterprise a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
Adjective
collective - forming a whole or aggregate
		distributive serving to distribute or allot or disperse
		integrative combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole
		joint involving both houses of a legislature; "a joint session of Congress"
		united characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
		agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head"
		aggregated, aggregative, mass, aggregate formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
		collectivised, collectivized characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
collective - set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"
collective - done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"
		corporate

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collective (Noun)
A farm owned by a collection of people.
collective (Noun)
A collective noun or name.
collective (Noun)
A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
collective (Adjective)
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
collective (Adjective)
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
collective (Adjective)
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
collective (Adjective)
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
collective (Adjective)
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.

collective (a.)
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
collective (a.)
Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
collective (a.)
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
collective (a.)
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
collective (a.)
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
collective (n.)
A collective noun or name.