Collective

a.	1.	Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
	2.	Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
	3.	(Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
	4.	Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. - Young.
	5.	Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.) that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; - called also multiple fruit. - Gray.
n.	1.	(Gram.) A collective noun or name.

Noun	1.	collective - members of a cooperative enterprise
Adj.	1.	collective - done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" Synonyms: corporate
	2.	collective - forming a whole or aggregate Antonyms: distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse
	3.	collective - set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"

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