collective

(kə-lĕk'tĭv)
adj.

1. Assembled into or viewed as a whole.
2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.

n.

1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
2. Grammar. A collective noun.

collectively col·lec'tive·ly adv.
collectiveness col·lec'tive·ness n.

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adj

Definition: composite
Antonyms: divided, separate

Term used by the mathematician Richard von Mises (1883-1953) in Probability, Statistics, and Truth (1957; 1st German edn., 1928) for a sequence of events constituting a ‘mass phenomenon’ or sufficiently large repetition of an underlying cause, to form the basis for an attribution of probability. A large number of tosses of an identical coin, or large number of persons taking a certain drug, or large number of molecules in a gas in a certain state, may afford the basis for a probability judgement: that heads is 0.5 probable, that the chance of a heart attack is 0.1, or that the chance of a collision with another molecule in a certain time has a certain value. Treated mathematically a collective may be regarded as an infinite sequence of events, on each of which the chance of some attribute occurring is identical. The mathematical collective is an idealization of empirically given collectives, which have only finite numbers of members. See also frequency theory of probability.

The method of controlling the amount of rotor blade pitch where all blades are varied in pitch an equal amount simultaneously. Normally refers to the collective pitch, which is the pilot control in rotary wing aircraft for changing the rotor pitch. Also called collective stick. See collective pitch.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kollektiv, fælles, samlet
n. - kollektiv, gruppe, samlingsord

idioms:

• collective bargaining    overenskomstforhandlinger
• collective farm    kollektivbrug
• collective noun    kollektiv, samlingsord

Nederlands (Dutch)
collectief, gemeenschappelijk

Français (French)
adj. - collectif
n. - entreprise collective, groupe

idioms:

• collective bargaining    négociations entre le syndicat et le patronat
• collective farm    ferme collective
• collective noun    (Ling) nom collectif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kollektiv, Genossenschaftsbetrieb
adj. - kollektiv, gemeinschaftlich, gesamt

idioms:

• collective bargaining    Tarifverhandlungen
• collective farm    landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft, Kolchose
• collective noun    (Ling.) Kollektivum, Sammelbegriff

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κολεκτίβα, συνεταιριστικό αγρόκτημα
adj. - συλλογικός, κοινός

idioms:

• collective bargaining    συλλογικές διαπραγματεύσεις (συνδικάτων και εργοδοσίας)
• collective farm    κολεκτίβα, συνεταιριστικό αγρόκτημα
• collective noun    (γραμμ.) περιληπτικό ουσιαστικό

Italiano (Italian)
collettivo

idioms:

• collective bargaining    trattative per il contratto collettivo
• collective farm    fattoria collettiva
• collective noun    nome collettivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coletivo (m) (Gram.), corpo (m) coletivo
adj. - coletivo, acumulado

idioms:

• collective bargaining    negociação (f) coletiva
• collective farm    fazenda (f) modelo
• collective noun    substantivo (m) coletivo

Русский (Russian)
коллектив, коллективный

idioms:

• collective bargaining    переговоры рабочих с работодателем
• collective farm    колхоз
• collective noun    собирательное существительное

Español (Spanish)
adj. - colectivo, formado por unión o agregación
n. - nombre colectivo, reunión, colección

idioms:

• collective bargaining    negociaciones colectivas
• collective farm    granja colectiva
• collective noun    sustantivo colectivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kollektiv
adj. - samlad, kollektiv, sammansatt (bot. om bär)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
集体的, 共同的, 聚集的, 集体农场, 集合名词, 集体企业, 集团, 共同体

idioms:

• collective bargaining    劳资双方谈判
• collective farm    集体农场
• collective noun    集合名词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 集體的, 共同的, 聚集的
n. - 集體農場, 集合名詞, 集體企業, 集團, 共同體

idioms:

• collective bargaining    勞資雙方談判
• collective farm    集體農場
• collective noun    集合名詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 집단적, 공동적
n. - 집단 , 집합명사

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 集めた, 集合的な, 集団の, 共同の
n. - 集団, 共同事業, 集合名詞

idioms:

• collective bargaining    団体交渉
• collective farm    集団農場, コルホーズ
• collective noun    集合名詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مزرعه أو مشروع يدار من قبل المجموعه (صفه) صيغه الجمع, جماعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קיבוצי, קולקטיבי, משותף‬
n. - ‮סגל, צוות, קולקטיב, חברה שיתופית‬

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