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collectivize en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō Latin collēctus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English collectivize From collective + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To organize (a farm or industrial enterprise) on the basis of collective control.
    • Only a government of workers and oppressed people, and a collectivized economy, can provide the resources and consciousness to end lesbian/gay oppression, racism, and sexism. 1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
collectivized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
collectivized Tense=Past lexicographic
collectivise alternative lexicographic
collectivizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
collectivizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

noncollectivized

Relateds

collectivization · collectivism

Translations (20)

es colectivizar (Translations) · fi kollektivoida (Translations) · uk колективізува́ти (Translations) · de kollektivieren (Translations) · be калектывізава́ць (Translations) · gl colectivizar (Translations) · it collettivizzare (Translations) · fr collectiviser (Translations) · et kollektiviseerima (Translations) · pt coletivizar (Translations) · pt colectivizar (Translations) · ru коллективизи́ровать (Translations) · ast coleutivizar (Translations) · da kollektivisere (Translations) · cy cyfunoli (Translations) · sv kollektivisera (Translations) · pl kolektywizować (Translations) · hu kollektivizál (Translations) · nl collectiviseren (Translations) · ca col·lectivitzar (Translations)