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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Collective \Col*lect"ive\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Collective \Col*lect"ive\, noun (Gram.) A collective noun or name.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
collective
adjective
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"
noun: members of a cooperative enterprise
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "collective": abstract, accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated, at one with, bland, broad, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coadunate, coefficient, coincident, collaborative, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, combining, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, commutual, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, conniving, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate, coworking, ecumenic, featureless, fellow, general, generalized, generic, harmonious, harmonized, in common, indefinite, indeterminate, joint, meeting, mutual, nebulous, neutral, noncompetitive, nonspecific, parasitic, popular, public, reciprocal, saprophytic, social, socialistic, societal, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, uncharacterized, uncompetitive, undifferentiated, united, uniting, unspecified, vague, wide
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