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 reforms collectively aim to modernize and broaden the reach of federal food support systems.

From Salon

Some £3.7bn is collectively owed to energy suppliers from people unable to pay their gas and electricity bills, for example.

From BBC

"This research collectively highlights the critical role of our environment on taste and smell."

From Science Daily

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

From Salon

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

Related Words

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