Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense collectivizes, present participle collectivizing, past tense, past participle collectivizedregional note: 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.
Most large businesses were collectivized at the start of the war. [beVERB-ed]
He forced the country to collectivize agriculture. [VERB noun]