collectively

adverb

Definition of collectivelynext
as in broadly
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time collectively, the firm's partners have 107 years of experience

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Recent Examples of collectively Connexus is a credit union, meaning it’s owned collectively by its members. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 These groups collectively shape how an organization communicates, even when corporate communication is not their primary responsibility. — Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Policymakers and voters in the US, Europe, and Asia have the power, collectively, to change this. — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The 5 largest school districts in Florida by enrollment, including Miami-Dade and Broward, have collectively lost about 67,000 non-charter students from the 2023-2024 school year through 2025-2026. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Affirm has partnered with Shopify since 2021, offering Shop Pay Installments to millions of shoppers across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom who have collectively already made billions of dollars in purchases. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Conejero co-wrote the screenplay with Calvo and Ambrossi, known collectively as Los Javis. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026 All three projects will collectively contribute to better measurements of how cosmic structure is changing over time—crucial information for clarifying the nature of dark energy and dark matter in the universe’s evolution. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026 Individually and collectively, adults across society are being called on to find new ways to rise to this demand. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collectively
  1. broadly
  2. generally
  3. overall
  4. together
  5. inclusively
Adverb
  • Murray Hill is broadly defined as the area east of Madison Avenue from 34th to 40th Street, although the boundaries are muddy, particularly the southern one, which fades into the gray zone of Kips Bay–Rose Hill–Gramercy Park.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
  • How does the experience of these White House mothers fit into what's happening to working moms more broadly?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of broadly
Adverb
  • Kristen Fisher said families generally were told simply that there were some staffing changes at the facility.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Thematic methodologies have been one of the downfalls of contemporary museology (and art history) generally, a crisis of collective memory and the historical imagination overall.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of generally
Adverb
  • Matthew Quarterback Matthew Stafford was drafted first overall by the Detroit Lions in 2009.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But the industry lags overall due to a constitutional limit on the use of force for only its own self-defense.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of overall
Adverb
  • The idea that these two would have a five-minute-or-less breakup conversation, then plop down on the couch and happily embark on an acid trip together, strains credulity a little, even for this bizarre, codependent friend group.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Ice also holds mountains together, in the form of permafrost, a mix of soil, rock, sediment and ice.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of together
Adverb
  • Too often, organizations promote high-performing individual contributors into managerial roles without equipping them with the emotional intelligence or structural tools needed to lead inclusively.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of inclusively

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“Collectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collectively. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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