Mass
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To celebrate mass. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. Celebration of the Eucharist. The sacrament of the Eucharist. A musical setting of parts of the mass. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water. A large quantity; a sum. Bulk; magnitude; body; size. The principal part; the main body. The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement. A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass. A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
Example sentence: What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.
Collective
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.Tending to collect; forming a collection.Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A farm owned by a collection of people.A collective noun or name.
Example sentence: I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.