collective

/kəˈlɛktɪv/ noun C2

A farm owned by a collection of people.
One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
A collective noun or name.
A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

Plural collectives

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“Ah, ah,” murmured he, “is Dantès then a member of some Carbonari society, that his protector thus employs the collective form?

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 59 · C1

Thanks to these massive collective efforts, the city managed to push back Day Zero.

The City That Almost Ran Dry, p. 1 · B2

The sudden proliferation of these remarkable performances demonstrated a fascinating phenomenon regarding human potential and collective sports psychology.

Shattering the Impossible: The Four-Minute Mile, p. 1 · C1

He devised an ingenious solution that relied on the collective effort of ordinary people from across the English-speaking world.

A Dictionary Built by the People, p. 1 · C1

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collective Formed by gathering or collecting C1

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