collective
/kəˈlɛktɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.30 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
adj
Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
noun
A farm owned by a collection of people.
noun
A collective noun or name.
Example Sentences
- "the collective body of a nation"
- "Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons."
- "critical and collective reason"
- "There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities."
- "Critical Art Ensemble is one of many art collectives operating on the principle that information is power and that it is most effectively made available through a combination of science and aesthetics."
- "Today’s collectives create together, tour together, exhibit together, live together, survive together, eat together, sleep together, march together, fight together and party together, too."
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 *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leǵ-, collectif, collēctīvus