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collectively

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in conjunction with; combined

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage
  • we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jointly, conjointly, together with

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin collēctīvusder. Middle French collectifder. English collective Middle English -ly English -ly English collectively From collective + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միահամուռ (miahamuṙ) — in a collective manner
  • Catalan: col·lectivament — in a collective manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 总地来说 (zǒng de lái shuō) — in a collective manner
  • Esperanto: ope — in a collective manner
  • Galician: colectivamente — in a collective manner
  • Georgian: კოლექტიურად (ḳolekṭiurad) — in a collective manner
  • Georgian: ერთობლივად (ertoblivad) — in a collective manner
  • Ancient Greek: ἀθρόως (athróōs) — in a collective manner
  • Hebrew: בְּיַחַד (b'yáḥad) — in a collective manner
  • Italian: collettivamente — in a collective manner
  • Polish: zbiorowo — in a collective manner
  • Russian: коллекти́вно (kollektívno) — in a collective manner
  • Russian: вме́сте (vméste) — in a collective manner
  • Russian: совме́стно (sovméstno) — in a collective manner
  • Spanish: colectivamente — in a collective manner
  • Swedish: kollektivt — in a collective manner
Real reading context

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