collective

• Qui concerne ou est partagé par tous les membres d'un groupe ; accompli par des personnes agissant ensemble.

Relating to or shared by all members of a group; done by people acting as a group.

1. B2formal

   Done or shared by all members of a group; involving everyone.

   collectif, collective

   • The team made a collective decision to proceed.
   • It was a collective effort to clean the park.
   • The community showed collective responsibility during the crisis.

   Synonymescombinedcommoncommunalconcertedjointmutualshared

   Antonymesindividualpersonalprivatesingularsole

2. Aggregate or totalB2formal

   Taken as a whole; combined.

   collectif (sens global/agrégé)

   • The collective wealth of the nation increased.
   • Their collective experience amounts to over 50 years.
   • The collective output of the factories exceeded expectations.

   Synonymesaggregatecombinedcommonjointtotalunified

   Antonymesindividual

• Nom désignant un groupe de personnes ou d'objets considérés comme un tout, souvent unis par un objectif ou une caractéristique commune.

A noun referring to a group of individuals or entities considered as a whole, often sharing a common purpose or characteristic.

1. Group or organizationB2formal

   A business, farm, or other organization owned and run jointly by its members.

   Collectif (organisation)

   • The workers formed a collective to manage the factory.
   • She joined an artist collective in the city.
   • The collective decided to invest in new equipment.

   Synonymesco-opcollective farmcommunecooperativekibbutz

2. Grammatical termB1formal

   A noun that refers to a group of individuals or things as a single unit.

   nom collectif

   • 'Family' is an example of a collective noun.
   • In the sentence, 'The team is winning,' 'team' is a collective.
   • Collectives like 'audience' take singular verbs in American English.

   Synonymescollective noun