collective
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti
Proto-Italic *legō
Latin legō
Latin colligō
Latin collēctus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Latin collēctīvusder.
Middle French collectifder.
English collective
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.
Inflected forms:
form: collectives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the collective body of a nation
gloss: Tending to collect; forming a collection.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
gloss: Having plurality of origin or authority.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: critical and collective reason
gloss: A farm owned by a collection of people.
pos: noun
gloss: One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
pos: noun
tags: especially
gloss: A collective noun or name.
pos: noun
gloss: A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities.
Critical Art Ensemble is one of many art collectives operating on the principle that information is power and that it is most effectively made available through a combination of science and aesthetics.
Today’s collectives create together, tour together, exhibit together, live together, survive together, eat together, sleep together, march together, fight together and party together, too.
gloss: The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
pos: noun
examples: A pilot normally holds the collective stationary until the helicopter stops; however, to get more braking action, lower the collective slightly. Keep in mind that, due to the increased ground friction when the collective is lowered or[…]
Hover height, rate of ascent, and the rate of descent are controlled by using the collective. Helicopter position and the direction of travel are controlled by the cyclic.
Related words: collect
collectible
collection
collectivity
collector
Derived words: anticollective
collective action
collective agreement
collective bargaining
collective-bargaining agreement
collective buying
collective call sign
collective fruit
collective investment scheme
collectively
collective memory
collective mode
collectiveness
collective note
collective number
collective numeral
collective punishment
collective security
collective species
collective study
collective title
collective unconscious
collective West
collectivism
collectivist
collectivization
hypercollective
noncollective
collective noun
collectivize
thought collective
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