Meaning & use
collective
Done, shared, or experienced by every member of a group together, rather than separately.
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The team's collective effort finished the project two weeks ahead of schedule.
There was a collective sigh of relief when the exam results were finally posted.
A note on using this word
Collective emphasizes something belonging to or done by a whole group at once, as opposed to 'individual,' which highlights a single member.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A cooperative enterprise or organization owned and run jointly by its members.
The farmers formed a collective to sell their produce directly to city markets.
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