collective

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Done by or shared between all members of a group.

   It was a collective decision made by the whole team.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of people who work together for a shared purpose.

   The farmers formed a collective to sell their produce.

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 *legōder. Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. 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.

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