collectively
Americanadverb
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as a whole group rather than as individual persons or things.
There have been a number of different polls released in the last two weeks, and collectively they give us an accurate picture of public opinion.
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according to collectivism, a system in which economic control, especially of the means of production, is shared or centralized.
As one of the reforms, we developed agricultural production cooperatives in which almost 100% of the land is farmed collectively.
Other Word Forms
- noncollectively adverb
- uncollectively adverb
Etymology
Origin of collectively
Example Sentences
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Discovery count over 210 million streaming subscribers and collectively reach about 19% of the U.S. market, putting them ahead of Disney+, nearly on par with Amazon’s Prime Video and just behind market leader Netflix.
From MarketWatch
English rugby insiders expect the new structure to collectively raise standards across the clubs and make the game more attractive to investors.
From BBC
Those fabs collectively transport wafers a distance equivalent to 40 revolutions around the earth every day.
The company on Monday said its fleet had collectively driven 200 million fully autonomous miles just seven months after it hit the 100 million milestone.
From MarketWatch
The organisations say that they collectively support or implement more than half of all food assistance in Gaza, 60 per cent of field hospital operations and all inpatient treatment for children suffering severe acute malnutrition.
From Barron's
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