different between collective vs combined

English

Etymology

From Middle French collectif, from Latin coll?ct?vus, from coll?ctus, past participle of collig? (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + leg? (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?kt?v/
• Hyphenation, US: col?lec?tive; UK: col?lect?ive
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

collective (not comparable)

1. formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated

2. tending to collect; forming a collection
3. having plurality of origin or authority
4. (grammar) expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form
5. (obsolete) deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     critical and collective reason

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Noun

collective (plural collectives)

1. a farm owned by a collection of people
2. (especially in communist countries) one of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
3. (grammar) a collective noun or name
4. (by extension) a group dedicated to a particular cause or interest
   • 2005, Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in contemporary art since 1985 (page 76)

     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.

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See also

• collective fruit (Botany), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit.

References

• collective in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• collective in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• collective at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• "collective" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 69.

French

Adjective

collective

1. feminine singular of collectif

Latin

Adjective

coll?ct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of coll?ct?vus

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?nd
• IPA^(key): /k?m?ba?nd/

Adjective

combined (not comparable)

1. Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge.

   The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.

Antonyms

• uncombined
• divided
• separated

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Verb

combined

1. simple past tense and past participle of combine

   The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.

Noun

combined (plural combineds)

1. (skiing) Ellipsis of alpine combined. An event in alpine skiing consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom.
   • 1985, Skiing (volume 37, number 7, page 16)

     The race events are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and combineds, with each giving points in the same way.

2. (skiing) Ellipsis of nordic combined.