Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
the collective body of a nation
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
Having plurality of origin or authority.
A farm owned by a collection of people.
One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
A collective noun or name.
From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colecti...
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