collectively

[ kuh-lek-tiv-lee ]

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.

Other Words From

• non·col·lec·tive·ly adverb
• un·col·lec·tive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of collectively¹

collective ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

These factors collectively make equities more appealing than fixed-income investments like bonds, analysts say.

From Salon

The killings became known collectively as the Tate-LaBianca murders.

From BBC

Instead, it asserted that OpenAI had deliberately removed author, title and copyright labels — collectively known as copyright management information, or CMI — from the articles it imported to train its bots.

From Los Angeles Times

“If this is what puts Derek Tran over the line, we have a responsibility — all of us, collectively — to do everything within our means to ensure that there is new leadership in that district,” Cortes said.

From Los Angeles Times

When people are made to feel like nothing really matters anymore, and the “system” and “the elites” and their society are broken and illegitimate, they will engage in behavior that is individually and collectively destructive.

From Salon

Related Words

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