collectively

American  

[kuh-lek-tiv-lee] / kəˈlɛk tɪv li /

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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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Other Word Forms

• noncollectively adverb
• uncollectively adverb

Etymology

Origin of collectively

collective ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

In particular, memory chips are in short supply as companies such as OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google, Meta, Microsoft and others collectively spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build AI computing capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I thought individually, collectively, our first-half performance was nowhere near the level that it needed to be and should be," he said.

From Barron's

All the unions have collectively agreed with the district on a health benefits package.

From Los Angeles Times

What’s more, only employees can unionize and collectively bargain under the National Labor Relations Act.

From MarketWatch

"The Institute and its researchers collectively work on translational research to deliver real and immediate impacts both in Australia, and globally to transform lives."

From Science Daily

Related Words

• accordingly
• cooperatively
• in tandem
• mutually
• simultaneously
• together
• unitedly