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col|lec|tiv|ist /kəle kt I v I st/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Collectivist means relating to collectivism. □  …collectivist ideals.

col|lec|ti|vize /kəle kt I va I z/ (collectivizes , collectivizing , collectivized ) in BRIT, also use collectivise VERB If farms or factories are collectivized , they are brought under state ownership and control, usually by combining a number of small farms or factories into one large one. □ [be V -ed] Most large businesses were collectivized at the start of the war. □ [V n] He forced the country to collectivize agriculture. □ [V -ed] …large collectivised farms. ●  col|lec|tivi|za|tion /kəle kt I va I ze I ʃ ^ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the collectivisation of agriculture.

col|lec|tor /kəle ktə ^r / (collectors )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A collector is a person who collects things of a particular type as a hobby. □  …a stamp-collector. □ [+ of ] …a respected collector of Indian art.

2 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] You can use collector to refer to someone whose job is to take something such as money, tickets, or rubbish from people. For example, a rent collector collects rent from people. □  He earned his living as a tax collector. □  …a garbage collector.

col|le c|tor's item (collector's items ) N‑COUNT A collector's item is an object which is highly valued by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.

col|lege ◆◆◇ /kɒ l I dʒ/ (colleges )

1 N‑VAR ; N‑COUNT A college is an institution where students study after they have left school. □  Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local college. □  He is now a professor of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

2 N‑COUNT [oft in names] A college is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into. □  He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

3 N‑COUNT At some universities in the United States, colleges are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects. □  …a professor at the University of Florida College of Law.

4 N‑COUNT College is used in Britain in the names of some secondary schools which charge fees. □  In 1854, Cheltenham Ladies' College became the first girls' public school. COLLOCATIONS college NOUN 1

noun + college : community, further education, sixth form; art, catering, drama

adjective + college : agricultural, naval, secretarial, theological; technical

verb + college : attend; finish, leave

col|legi|ate /kəliː dʒiət/ ADJ [ADJ n] Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students. [mainly AM ] □  The 1933 national collegiate football championship was won by Michigan. □  …collegiate life.

col|lide /kəla I d/ (collides , colliding , collided )

1 VERB If two or more moving people or objects collide , they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them. □ [V ] Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning. □ [V + with ] Racing up the stairs, he almost collided with Daisy. □ [V + with ] He collided with a pine tree near the North Gate.

2 VERB If the aims, opinions, or interests of one person or group collide with those of another person or group, they are very different from each other and are therefore opposed. □ [V + with ] The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field. □ [V ] What happens when the two interests collide will make a fascinating spectacle.