collectively

[ kuh-lek-tiv-lee ]

/ kəˈlɛk tɪv li /

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adverb

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.

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.

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Origin of collectively

collective + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM collectively

non·col·lec·tive·ly, adverbun·col·lec·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby collectively

collective agreement, collective bargaining, collective behavior, collective farm, collective fruit, collectively, collective mark, collective memory, collective noun, collective ownership, collective pitch lever

How to use collectively in a sentence

Even the nation’s oldest and wealthiest museums collectively have had to lay off thousands of staff members.
Plight at the Museum|Jen Trolio|November 20, 2020|Vox
“That’s so 2020,” people collectively heaved, again and then again, during a year ravaged by a global pandemic, climate crises and political and social dissent.
The most 2020 books of 2020|Angela Haupt|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The reason Facebook and Google are collectively worth nearly $2 trillion is because they can easily target advertising because their consumers willingly tell them exactly what they like and don’t like.
Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) (Ep. 440)|Stephen J. Dubner|November 19, 2020|Freakonomics
If the last year has shown us anything, it’s that we aren’t doing enough collectively to protect the people most vulnerable to the virus.
A 28-year-old ‘nerd’ in Baltimore invented a new type of mask, and tapped into the strangeness of this 2020 holiday season|Theresa Vargas|November 18, 2020|Washington Post

Even as we collectively barrel toward destruction of nature, humans seem to have an innate connection to it.
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers|Grigori Guitchounts|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
For all the vulgar jokes we collectively enjoy, there's a cultural disconnect between sexual humor and actual eroticism.
Inside the Greatest Porn Parody Factory: From ‘Game of Bones’ to ‘The Humper Games’|Gabriella Paiella|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She alleges that he and twenty-or-so named colleagues collectively abused “alcohol, cocaine, mushrooms, Special-K, heroin.”
The Very Rich Should Divorce Very Quietly|Vicky Ward|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But high-ranking Democrats collectively need to perform the following exercise.
How Can Dems Be Losing to These Idiots?|Michael Tomasky|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are 17 processes herein, which collectively take four years for a craftsman to master.
Behind the Wheel of the Bespoke Bentley|Zoe Settle|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet, collectively our culture is still repressed when it comes to the subject of sex.
Christian Right-Wingers Love Porn: New Studies Suggest the Bible Belt Has A Kinky Side|Aurora Snow|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Personally, the English do not attract nor shine; but collectively they are a race to make their mark on the destinies of mankind.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Collectively, Christians can give diffusion to it with an efficiency vastly beyond the sum of all their insulated efforts.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
These, called collectively crepundia, were strung together and worn around the neck and over the breast (Fig. 17).
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
Some of the items of this evidence are very trivial, but taken collectively they have considerable force.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
We marked our claim upon Toryism even in the colour of our wrapper, and spoke of ourselves collectively as the Blue Weeklies.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells