collective

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective [usuallybeforenoun] 1 done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society: collective leadership / decision-making * collective responsibility * collective consciousness / memory (= things that a group of people or a community know or remember, that are often passed from parents to children) 2 used to refer to all members of a group: The collective name for mast, boom and sails on a boat is the 'rig'. collectively adverb: the collectively agreed rate * We have had a successful year, both collectively and individually. * rain, snow and hail, collectively known as 'precipitation' (= as a group) noun a group of people who own a business or a farm and run it together; the business that they run: an independent collective making films for television