collective

/kəˈlɛktɪv/
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Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelAdvanced

Academic vocabulary

Word FrequencyCommon

Regularly used in writing and speech

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

  • Academic vocabulary
  • Standard complexity

noun

1. A farm owned by a collection of people

2. (especially in communist countries) one of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community

3. (grammar) a collective noun or name

4. (by extension) a group dedicated to a particular cause or interest

adjective

1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated

"the collective body of a nation"

2. Tending to collect; forming a collection

3. Having plurality of origin or authority

4. (grammar) expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form

5. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

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