adj.
- Assembled into or viewed as a whole.
- Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
- An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
- Grammar. A collective noun.
collectiveness col·lec'tive·ness n.
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