collective

n. கூட்டம், திரள், திரள்கூட்டு, கூட்டாண்மை முறையின் ஆக்கக்கூறு, கூட்டின் பகுதி, (பெ.) திரண்ட, முழுமொத்தமான, கூட்டான, தொகுக்கப்பெற்ற, பொதுவான, (இலக்.) தொகுதி குறித்த.

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Col*lect"ive, a. Etym: [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.] 1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley. 2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." Sir T. Browne. 3. (Gram.) Defn: Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc. 4. Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young. 5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. Gray. Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.) Defn: A collective noun or name.

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