Etymology

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Today it means: In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately. Full definition →

English collective ← Middle French collectif ← Latin collēctīvus
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  1. Latincollēctīvus
  2. Middle Frenchcollectif
  3. Englishcollective
  4. English todaycollectively

From collective + -ly.

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