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集体的,共同的团体,集体;集合名词

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Collective \Col*lect"ive\, n. (Gram.)
   A collective noun or name.

Collective \Col*lect"ive\, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
   collectif.]
   1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
      sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
      {collective} body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley.

   2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
      ``Critical and collective reason.'' --Sir T. Browne.

   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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

collective
     n : members of a cooperative enterprise

collective
     adj 1: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a
            joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate
            good" [syn: {corporate}]
     2: forming a whole or aggregate [ant: {distributive}]
     3: set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and
        production by the workers involved usually under the
        supervision of a government; "collective farms"