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COLLECTIVISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collectivise mean?
• COLLECTIVISE (verb)
The verb COLLECTIVISE has 1 sense:
1. bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
Familiarity information: COLLECTIVISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it collectivises Past simple: collectivised
Past participle: collectivised
-ing form: collectivising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
collectivise; collectivize
Hypernyms (to "collectivise" is one way to...):
organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
collective (members of a cooperative enterprise)
collectivisation (the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism)
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