formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.-deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.-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.-having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.-a collective noun or name.