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 Synonyms for collectively
  1. generally
  2. overall
  3. together
Adverb
  • Front-line and now finally chic-to-be-geek, developers are always in the spotlight (for good and bad reasons) and generally regarded to be the stars of the technology world in the neo-cloud era of AI where the promise of quantum hangs close to come.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Because counselors are generally licensed to practice by the state, clients are no longer limited to practitioners within commutable distance.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of generally
Adverb
  • Among the 134 teams playing in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision only 11.9% — 16 programs overall — have Black head coaches.
    NBC News, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Phonetics On and On, produced by Welsh artist Cate Le Bon, features more varied instrumentation and subtler tones overall, opening up Horsegirl’s world in ways that recall the third Velvet Underground LP and Broadcast’s Tender Buttons.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of overall
Adverb
  • The daily brainteaser features 16 seemingly random words grouped together in a box.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Finding the quarterback ties it all together, no doubt.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of together
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