·noun A collective noun or name.
II. Collective ·adj Tending to collect; forming a collection.
III. Collective ·adj Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
IV. Collective ·adj Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
V. Collective ·adj Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, ·etc.
VI. Collective ·adj Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.