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# collective

adjective (collective); noun (a collective, collectives)

«collective» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) Done or shared by all members of a group together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#m1)
2. (noun) A group of people who work together and share what they make or own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#m2)
3. (grammar) A collective noun is a word for a group, like a flock of sheep, a team or a herd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in grammar lessons (collective nouns: a pride of lions, a swarm of bees), citizenship (collective decisions) and everyday life (collective effort). Phrases: collective noun, collective effort, collective responsibility, a farmers' collective.

### Examples

- "Flock" is a collective noun for sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x1)
- It was a collective effort to clean the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x2)
- The class made a collective decision to raise money for the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x3)
- A pride of lions is a collective noun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x4)
- The artists formed a collective and shared a studio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x5)
- We felt a collective sigh of relief when the test ended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x6)
- A murder of crows is a funny collective noun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/#x7)

### Note

Adverb: collectively. With collective nouns, UK English often uses a plural verb (the team are winning), US uses singular (the team is winning). Related: collect, collection.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «collective» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collective/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collective» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collective.html) on Mova free.