Collective vs United - What's the difference?
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Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
(obsolete) Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
* Sir Thomas Browne
(grammar) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly'', ''army'', ''jury , etc.
Tending to collect; forming a collection.
* Young
Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
A farm owned by a collection of people.
(especially, in communist countries) One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
(grammar) A collective noun or name.
(by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
* 2005 , Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in contemporary art since 1985 (page 76)
(unite)
Joined into a single entity.
Involving the joint activity of multiple agents.
As adjectives the difference between collective and united
is that collective is formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation while united is joined into a single entity.As a noun collective
is a farm owned by a collection of people.As a verb united is
past tense of unite.As a proper noun United is
any of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones.collective
English
Adjective
(-)- critical and collective reason
- Local is his throne to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
Derived terms
* collectiveness * collectivelyNoun
(en noun)- There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities.
