collective

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun members of a cooperative enterprise
  2. adjective done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
  3. adjective forming a whole or aggregate

Etymology

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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