collective

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈlɛktɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #8416

Meanings

1

adj
Done by or shared between all members of a group.

It was a collective decision made by the whole team.
2

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

The farmers formed a collective to sell their produce.

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Synonyms

1 adj · done by or shared between... corporate

Word family

Forms collectives

Derived forms anticollectivecollectivelycollectivenesscollectivism collectivistcollectivizationcollectivizehypercollectivenoncollective

Related forms collectcollectiblecollectioncollectivitycollector

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collective noun
a noun that names a group while having a singular form

Adjective + noun

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 *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.

*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European collectif Middle French collēctīvus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# collective

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈlɛktɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 8416

## Meanings
1. Done by or shared between all members of a group.
2. A group of people who work together for a shared purpose.

## Examples
- It was a collective decision made by the whole team.
- The farmers formed a collective to sell their produce.

## Derived Forms
- anticollective
- collectively
- collectiveness
- collectivism
- collectivist
- collectivization
- collectivize
- hypercollective
- noncollective

## Related Forms
- collect
- collectible
- collection
- collectivity
- collector

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leǵ-
- Root: collectif
- Root: collēctīvus

## 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 *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.

## AI Etymology
Collective is 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. The historical chain records 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, Latin -īvus, Latin collēctīvus, and Middle. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European), collectif (Middle French), and collēctīvus (Latin). Current senses include done by or shared between all members of a group and a group of people who work together for a shared purpose. The wider family includes derived forms such as anticollective, collectively, collectiveness, collectivism, and collectivist and related words such as collect, collectible, collection, collectivity, and collector.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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