Word family noun collection collector collective collectable collectible collectivism collectivization adjective collected collective collectable collectible collectivist verb collect collectivize adverb collectively
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcollectivizecol‧lec‧tiv‧ize (also collectivise British English) /kəˈlektɪvaɪz/ verb [transitive] to join privately owned farms or businesses together, so that they can be owned by the government in a Communist political system —collectivization /kəˌlektɪvaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -və-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table 