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collectively

collectively adverb: 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.

Adverb

collectively (not comparable)

  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.
    • ...the tube of the throat between the larynx and the oral cavity, which is called the pharynx; the oral cavity; and the nasal cavity. These passages are collectively known as the vocal tract.2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 18
    Synonyms:
    jointly, mutually

collectively meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

collectively in Hindi

सामूहिक रूप से, सामूहिक तौर पर

collectively in Marathi

सामूहिकपणे

collectively in Urdu

collectively
سنگ saṅg

collectively in Bengali

সম্মিলিতভাবে, সমষ্টিগতভাবে
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collectively in Telugu
సమిష్టిగా
collectively in Kannada
ಸಾಮೂಹಿಕವಾಗಿ
collectively in Punjabi
ਸਮੂਹਕ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ, ਸਮੂਹਕ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ, ਸਮੂਹਿਕ ਤੌਰ'ਤੇ
collectively in Gujarati
સામૂહિક રીતે, સામૂહિકપણે
collectively in Sanskrit
समासेन samāsena

Examples of collectively in a sentence

  • When rolling a six-sided die, the outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are collectively exhaustive.
  • The piping is a system of pipes considered collectively.
  • In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years.

All 40 example sentences with collectively

Synonyms of collectively

Origin of collectively

From collective + -ly.

Words formed from collectively

Questions about collectively

What does collectively mean?
Collectively means 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.
What is collectively in Hindi?
Collectively in Hindi is सामूहिक रूप से, सामूहिक तौर पर. See Collectively meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is collectively?
Collectively is an adverb.

Words near collectively in the dictionary

  1. collective unconscious
  2. collective unconsciouses
  3. Collective West
  4. collective-bargaining agreement
  5. collective-bargaining agreements
  6. collectively
  7. collectively exhaustive
  8. collectiveness
  9. collectives
  10. collectivisation
  11. collectivisations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: collectively (page history and authors); collectively (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collectively (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سنگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); collectively (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collectively (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collectively (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collectively (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collectively (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); समासेन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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