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collective
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of COLLECTIVE
always used before a noun
: shared or done by a group of people : involving all members of a group集体的；共有的；共同的
- We made a collective decision to go on strike.我们共同做出了举行罢工的决定。
- The incident became part of our collective memory.这一事件成为我们共同回忆的一部分。
- a collective effort共同努力
- the collective wisdom of generations几代人的集体智慧
- a collective noun [=a noun like “team” or “flock” that refers to a group of people or things]集合名词
— collectively
adverb- the group of languages known collectively as Romance languages统称为罗曼语的诸语言
2 collective /kəˈlɛktɪv/ noun
plural collectives
2 collective
/kəˈlɛktɪv/
noun
plural collectives
Learner's definition of COLLECTIVE
[count]
: a business or organization that is owned by the people who work there
also : the people who own such a business or organization集体企业；集体企业人员
col·lec·tive kə-ˈlek-tiv 
collectively adverb
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective We made a collective decision to go on strike. The incident became part of our collective memory. the collective wisdom of generations
Recent Examples on the Web
Dave Silberman, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Louis Draper, a founding member of the collective, gained acclaim for his photorealism but also for work like his 1971 portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer for Essence. Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Health assurance companies will shape the future of our collective health and wellness, bringing to bear the technologies and solutions that enable proactive, holistic care that is truly accessible to all and in service of our broader society. Ken Frazier, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 The era of social-media monopolies has been unhealthy for our collective digital existence. Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 28 July 2022 The poverty of post-Civil War Spain, the oppression of the Franco dictatorship, the 2008 crash, the pandemic—the co-ops have subdued many menacing dragons through collective action. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2022 Build Back Better agenda: a broad vision to meet the individual and collective challenges that Americans face. Leah Greenberg, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 In the 30 years that followed, his work reflected flash points in our collective history, from Chicago gun violence to the death of Trayvon Martin, to happier moments such as family Easter celebrations. Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022 Twitter’s rise to the mainstream can be chronicled through world events, as wars, terror attacks, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and other pivotal moments in our collective history played out in real time on the platform. Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2022 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 This 12-acre orchard with over 100 pecan trees planted in the 1930s is a collective of farm-to-table businesses. Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022 Bethany explained that the back of the building will be for workshops, while the front will be a retail shop selling the goods made in the collective. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2022 The new film's executive producers include Williamson and Chad Villella, who is Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett's partner in the Radio Silence creative collective. Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 July 2022 But in a really fine collective, Lozano, playing a struggling single mother with a questionable boyfriend (Balogun, wrestling with demons) and a deep hole in the heart, is truly exceptional. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 After achieving that goal, the state agency was converted to a nonprofit, Century Housing Corp., a social impact lender that has helped finance thousands of affordable-housing units in California, and one of the three partners in the collective. Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2022 Among the most prominent in Perrier-Jouët's artist collective is Miguel Chevalier, who came to prominence for digital art starting in the 1980s. Rachel King, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2022 According to reports from PBS Newshour and The Verge, the sales have garnered more than half a million dollars, allowing the women in the collective to pay off debts and buy property. al, 30 Mar. 2022 See More
Adjective
This begs a question: Does the connection of a few (individuals) warrant the disconnection of the many (collective)? Dave Silberman, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Louis Draper, a founding member of the collective, gained acclaim for his photorealism but also for work like his 1971 portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer for Essence. Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 Health assurance companies will shape the future of our collective health and wellness, bringing to bear the technologies and solutions that enable proactive, holistic care that is truly accessible to all and in service of our broader society. Ken Frazier, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 The era of social-media monopolies has been unhealthy for our collective digital existence. Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 28 July 2022 The poverty of post-Civil War Spain, the oppression of the Franco dictatorship, the 2008 crash, the pandemic—the co-ops have subdued many menacing dragons through collective action. Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2022 Build Back Better agenda: a broad vision to meet the individual and collective challenges that Americans face. Leah Greenberg, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 In the 30 years that followed, his work reflected flash points in our collective history, from Chicago gun violence to the death of Trayvon Martin, to happier moments such as family Easter celebrations. Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022 Twitter’s rise to the mainstream can be chronicled through world events, as wars, terror attacks, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and other pivotal moments in our collective history played out in real time on the platform. Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2022 Noun
We are trapped in certain behaviors that get recycled and repeated in different permutations again and again, as individuals and as a collective. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 This 12-acre orchard with over 100 pecan trees planted in the 1930s is a collective of farm-to-table businesses. Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022 Bethany explained that the back of the building will be for workshops, while the front will be a retail shop selling the goods made in the collective. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2022 The new film's executive producers include Williamson and Chad Villella, who is Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett's partner in the Radio Silence creative collective. Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 July 2022 But in a really fine collective, Lozano, playing a struggling single mother with a questionable boyfriend (Balogun, wrestling with demons) and a deep hole in the heart, is truly exceptional. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 After achieving that goal, the state agency was converted to a nonprofit, Century Housing Corp., a social impact lender that has helped finance thousands of affordable-housing units in California, and one of the three partners in the collective. Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2022 Among the most prominent in Perrier-Jouët's artist collective is Miguel Chevalier, who came to prominence for digital art starting in the 1980s. Rachel King, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2022 According to reports from PBS Newshour and The Verge, the sales have garnered more than half a million dollars, allowing the women in the collective to pay off debts and buy property. al, 30 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English collectif, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin collēctīvus, going back to Late Latin, "comprehensive, (in logic and grammar) inferential," going back to Latin, "preceding by inference, deductive," from collēctus, past participle of colligere "to gather together, assemble, accumulate, deduce, infer" + -īvus -ive — more at collect entry 2
Noun
derivative of collective entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of collective was in the 15th century Phrases Containing collective
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