collective

colectivo, conjunto

Compartido por todos los miembros de un grupo o que implica a todos ellos.

En inglés sencillo: Shared by or involving all the people in a group.

• It was a collective decision.
• Cleaning the beach required a collective effort.
• The tragedy remains part of our collective memory.

Sinónimos: shared, joint, common

Antónimos: individual

Expresiones frecuentes: collective decision, collective effort, collective responsibility

colectivo

Relativo a un sindicato que actúa o llega a acuerdos en nombre de sus miembros.

En inglés sencillo: Involving a workers' union acting or making agreements for its members.

• The union wants a collective agreement.
• Collective bargaining helped workers secure better pay.
• Their collective action persuaded the employer to negotiate.

Expresiones frecuentes: collective bargaining, collective agreement, collective action

conjunto, total

Obtenido al juntar todas las cantidades o resultados por separado.

En inglés sencillo: Found by putting all the separate amounts or results together.

• Their collective savings paid for the trip.
• The report measures the collective output of all factories.
• Our collective results exceeded last year's total.

Sinónimos: combined, total, aggregate

Expresiones frecuentes: collective amount, collective wealth, collective results

reunido, agrupado

Formado al reunir personas o cosas separadas en un solo grupo.

En inglés sencillo: Made by gathering separate people or things into one group or body.

• The members form a collective body.
• Separate communities became one collective whole.
• The scattered particles gathered into a collective mass.

Sinónimos: assembled, gathered, combined

Antónimos: scattered

Expresiones frecuentes: collective body, collective mass, collective whole

colectivo

Grupo de personas que trabajan juntas para alcanzar un mismo objetivo.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people who work together toward the same goal.

• She joined an artists' collective.
• The collective organizes free concerts.
• Several creative collectives share this building.

Cómo se usa: collective of people (They formed a collective of local musicians.)

Sinónimos: group, association

Expresiones frecuentes: artists' collective, music collective, join a collective

cooperativa

Empresa que pertenece a un grupo de personas y que ellas gestionan conjuntamente.

En inglés sencillo: A business owned and run together by a group of people.

• The farm operates as a collective.
• Workers in the collective share its profits.
• They established a collective to sell their handmade furniture.

Sinónimos: cooperative, co-op

Expresiones frecuentes: workers' collective, farming collective, run a collective

nombre colectivo, sustantivo colectivo

Palabra que designa un grupo de personas, animales o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A word that names a group of people, animals, or things.

• A flock is a collective for sheep.
• The teacher asked us to list five collectives.
• This collective names a group of birds.

Cómo se usa: collective for something (What is the collective for a group of geese?)

Sinónimos: collective noun

Expresiones frecuentes: a collective for, use a collective