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col·lec·tive  audio  (k-lktv) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Assembled or accumulated into a whole.
  2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
NOUN:
  1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
  2. Grammar A collective noun.


OTHER FORMS:
col·lective·ly(Adverb), col·lective·ness(Noun)


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