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Collective

Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.

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Agglomerate 84% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Agglomerate 84% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Agglomerated 84% connected

of Agglomerate

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Agglomerated 84% connected

of Agglomerate

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Agglomerative 84% connected

Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.

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Agglomerative 84% connected

Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections.

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Aggregate 84% connected

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

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Aggregate 84% connected

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

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Aggregated 84% connected

of Aggregate

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Aggregated 84% connected

of Aggregate

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Aggregative 84% connected

Taken together; collective.

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Aggregative 84% connected

Taken together; collective.

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Clustered 84% connected

of Cluster

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Clustered 84% connected

of Cluster

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Joint 84% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Joint 84% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Knockdown 84% connected

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

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Knockdown 84% connected

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

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Mass 84% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Mass 84% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Socialist 84% connected

One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

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Socialist 84% connected

One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

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Socialistic 84% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.

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Socialistic 84% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.

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Broader term 1

Enterprise 76% connected

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduo…

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See also 4

Joint 66% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Joint 66% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Synonym 1

Corporate 92% connected

Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; a…

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Distributive 94% connected

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

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Distributive 94% connected

Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.

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