<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>formed by collection.</li><li>forming a whole; combined: the collective assets of a corporation and its subsidiaries.</li><li>of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together: the collective wishes of the membership.</li><li>organized according to the principles of collectivism: a collective farm.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>collective noun.</li><li>a collective body; group.</li><li>a business, farm, etc., jointly owned and operated by the members of a group.</li><li>a unit of organization or the organization in a collectivist system.</li></ul>