Collective
adjective
Done by people acting as a group.
A collective effort to clean the neighborhood park.
Often appears as...
- collective effort
- collective decision
noun
A cooperative enterprise.
She joined an artists’ collective in her district.
Often appears as...
- artists’ collective
- workers' collective
adjective
Passed on or done by all members of a group.
Collective responsibility for the environmental pollution.
Often appears as...
- collective responsibility
- collective guilt
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Formal
noun
A negotiated contract setting labor conditions.
The union is negotiating a new collective agreement.
Often appears as...
- collective agreement
- collective bargaining
adjective
Involving all members of a group as distinct individuals.
Collective memory of a nation's history.
Often appears as...
- collective memory
- collective consciousness
adjective
Done by people acting as a group.
A collective effort to clean the neighborhood park.
Often appears as...
- collective effort
- collective decision
noun
A cooperative enterprise.
She joined an artists’ collective in her district.
Often appears as...
- artists’ collective
- workers' collective
adjective
Passed on or done by all members of a group.
Collective responsibility for the environmental pollution.
Often appears as...
- collective responsibility
- collective guilt
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A negotiated contract setting labor conditions.
The union is negotiating a new collective agreement.
Often appears as...
- collective agreement
- collective bargaining
adjective
Involving all members of a group as distinct individuals.
Collective memory of a nation's history.
Often appears as...
- collective memory
- collective consciousness
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Group Action
Refers to actions where every person contributes towards a common goal.
The community's collective effort helped restore the old library.
Pro Tip 2/2Unity Emphasis
Highlights the unity and team spirit when individuals work together.
Our collective decision was to support local businesses.
Pro Tip 1/2Group Action
Refers to actions where every person contributes towards a common goal.
The community's collective effort helped restore the old library.
Pro Tip 2/2Unity Emphasis
Highlights the unity and team spirit when individuals work together.
Our collective decision was to support local businesses.
Pro Tip 1/2Group Action
Refers to actions where every person contributes towards a common goal.
The community's collective effort helped restore the old library.
Pro Tip 2/2Unity Emphasis
Highlights the unity and team spirit when individuals work together.
Our collective decision was to support local businesses.
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
it's true that it's a beautiful structure, a logical one, probably one of the greatest collective efforts ever achieved in human history. But it's also true that there, where scientists and technicians are looking for mathematical theories that allow them to advance, they're within the structure of math, which permeates everything.
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Upgrading management...
our research for the dakota company we were encouraged to see a whole new wave of innovation companies taking inspiration from the consumer landscape and pulling it into the workplace collectively what all these companies are doing is actually shifting the data lens inward to better enable and empower
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Inside the ant colony -...
through touch, sound and chemical signals. These stimuli accomplish many things from serving as an alarm to other ants if one is killed, to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life. But one of the most impressive collective capabilities of an ant colony
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What are the universal...
over sociopolitical rights and of individual over collective or groups rights. Others defend universal human rights laws and point at the positive role they have on setting international standards and helping activists in their campaigns. They also point out
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Will we ever be able to...
If two electrons have the same quantum state, they're identical. In a literal sense, our baseball is defined by a collective quantum state resulting from its many atoms. If this quantum state information could be read in Boston and sent around the world,
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How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
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Black Holes 101 PIPE...
discovered the first black hole. An untold number of black holes are scattered throughout the universe, constantly warping space and time, altering entire galaxies, and endlessly inspiring both scientists and our collective imagination.
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Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
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Quelea Mega-Flock Hunted...
important lesson they're in the quandary it's dangerous to drink but they won't survive the night without water this is where their collective
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The surprising reason...
but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.
Video examples
Eduardo Sáenz de...
it's true that it's a beautiful structure, a logical one, probably one of the greatest collective efforts ever achieved in human history. But it's also true that there, where scientists and technicians are looking for mathematical theories that allow them to advance, they're within the structure of math, which permeates everything.
Video examples
Upgrading management...
our research for the dakota company we were encouraged to see a whole new wave of innovation companies taking inspiration from the consumer landscape and pulling it into the workplace collectively what all these companies are doing is actually shifting the data lens inward to better enable and empower
Video examples
Inside the ant colony -...
through touch, sound and chemical signals. These stimuli accomplish many things from serving as an alarm to other ants if one is killed, to signaling when a queen is nearing the end of her reproductive life. But one of the most impressive collective capabilities of an ant colony
Video examples
What are the universal...
over sociopolitical rights and of individual over collective or groups rights. Others defend universal human rights laws and point at the positive role they have on setting international standards and helping activists in their campaigns. They also point out
Video examples
Will we ever be able to...
If two electrons have the same quantum state, they're identical. In a literal sense, our baseball is defined by a collective quantum state resulting from its many atoms. If this quantum state information could be read in Boston and sent around the world,
Video examples
How to understand power...
if it motivates enough people to change their thinking and actions. And so the sixth source of power is numbers, lots of humans. A vocal mass of people creates power by expressing collective intensity of interest and by asserting legitimacy.
Video examples
Black Holes 101 PIPE...
discovered the first black hole. An untold number of black holes are scattered throughout the universe, constantly warping space and time, altering entire galaxies, and endlessly inspiring both scientists and our collective imagination.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
Video examples
Quelea Mega-Flock Hunted...
important lesson they're in the quandary it's dangerous to drink but they won't survive the night without water this is where their collective
Video examples
The surprising reason...
but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.
Example 1 of 10
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Kanye West
American Rapper
The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.
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Jordan Henderson
English Athlete
It's important everyone knows their roles individually and collectively as a group.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Gautham Menon
Indian Director
How the audience as a collectivity feels about a movie is important.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Pepe
Brazilian Athlete
Playing collectively will boost our chances of winning.
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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Tite
Brazilian Coach
The collective strengthens the individual.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
The dinosaurs aren't remembered for much more than their bones. When humanity's gone, what do we give to this little planet that we're on, and what could we do collectively, removing the pride?
Quote examples
Selena Gomez
American Actress
I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.
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Jordan Henderson
English Athlete
It's important everyone knows their roles individually and collectively as a group.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Quote examples
Gautham Menon
Indian Director
How the audience as a collectivity feels about a movie is important.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Quote examples
Pepe
Brazilian Athlete
Playing collectively will boost our chances of winning.
Quote examples
Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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Tite
Brazilian Coach
The collective strengthens the individual.
Example 1 of 10
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