COLLECTIVE


Meaning of COLLECTIVE in English

[adjective] - of or shared by every member of a group of peoplea collective decision/effort/opinion/actioncollective leadershipCollective bargaining is the system in which employees talk as a group with their employers to try to agree on matters such as pay and working conditions.A collective farm, originally in countries which had a communist system of government, is a large farm or group of farms owned by the state but controlled by the workers.(specialized) A collective noun is a noun which describes a group of things or people as a unit but which agrees with a singular verb.'Family' and 'flock' are examples of collective nouns.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.