col·lec·tive / kəˈlektiv/ • adj. done by people acting as a group. ∎  belonging or relating to all the members of a group: ministers who share collective responsibility. ∎  (esp. of feelings or memories) common to the members of a group: a collective sigh of relief. ∎  taken as a whole; aggregate.• n. a cooperative enterprise. ∎  a collective farm.DERIVATIVES: col·lec·tive·ly adv.col·lec·tive·ness n.col·lec·tiv·i·ty / kəˌlekˈtivitē; ˌkälˌek-/ n.

Collective

a collective body; a gathering; a collection of extracts; a number of individuals working or acting together; specifically in the USSR, a farm created by pooling together a number of small holdings. See also aggregate, body.