adjective, noun · neutral
collective
/kəˈlɛktɪv/co·LLEC·tive
Band 6-7speakingtask2
done by people acting as a group; shared by all members of a group
Examples
“There was a collective effort to clean the beach.”
“Collective responsibility is important in team projects.”
“The village made a collective decision to conserve water.”
Band 8 sentence
“Addressing climate change requires collective action from governments, businesses and citizens alike.”
Collocations
- collective effort
- collective decision
- collective responsibility
Word family
collect verbcollectively adverbcollectivity noun
Common mistakes
We made a collective to solve the problem.→We made a collective decision to solve the problem.
They have a collective thinking.→They have collective thinking.
Say it for a higher band
5group→6shared→7+collective
Synonyms
shared
communal
Easily confused
collaborative
“There was a collective effort to clean the beach.”
Related words
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In -ive
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