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   collective

   /kəˈlɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. done by people acting as a group: "a collective protest"
   • ▪ relating to or shared by all the members of a group: "ministers who share collective responsibility"
   • ▪ taken as a whole; aggregate: "the collective power of the workforce"

   noun

   • 1. a cooperative enterprise: "the exhibition showcases the work of art collectives from more than 20 countries"
   • ▪ a collective farm.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘representing many individuals’): from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere (see collect1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. collectiveness noun
   • 2. collectivity noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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