Meaning

5 senses
  1. A farm owned by a collection of people.

  2. (especially)One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.

    колхо́зkolxóz

    колго́спkolhósp

  3. A collective noun or name.

    собира́тельноеsobirátelʹnoje

  4. (broadly)A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.

    Kollektiv

    коллекти́вkollektív

    колекти́вkolektýv

  5. The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.

More definitions
  • members of a cooperative enterprise

Examples

45 sentences
  1. I work on a collective farm.

    ruЯ работаю в колхозе.

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  2. Are you part of an artist collective?

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  3. Respect for laws is fundamental to collective happiness.

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  4. The fight against hate speech requires collective action.

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  5. Respect for the law is essential for collective happiness.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
state farm:
group:
Русский
By meaning 3
state farm:
in grammar:
group:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
group:

Origin

From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of c

From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“to collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.

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