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col·lec·tive  (k-lktv)
adj.
1. Assembled into or viewed as a whole.
2. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
n.
1. An undertaking, such as a business operation, set up on the principles or system of collectivism.
2. Grammar A collective noun.

col·lective·ly adv.
col·lective·ness n.
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Adv.1.collectively - in conjunction with; combined; "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together"
Translations
collectively [kəˈlektɪvlɪ] ADVcolectivamente
collectively [kəˈlɛktɪvli] adv
[decide, act] → collectivement
to bargain collectively → négocier une convention de travail
[responsible] → collectivement
(= in total) → au total
[known, referred to] → généralement
collective noun n (GRAMMAR)collectif m
collective unconscious ninconscient m collectif
collectively
advgemeinsam, zusammen; (in socialist context also) → kollektiv
collectively [kəˈlɛktɪvlɪ] advcollettivamente
collectively [kəˈlɛktɪvlɪ] advcollettivamente


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But where this superiority in the English whalemen does really consist, it would be hard to say, seeing that the Yankees in one day, collectively, kill more whales than all the English, collectively, in ten years.
But those who have their wives and children in common will not say so, but all will say so, though not as individuals; therefore, to use the word all is evidently a fallacious mode of speech; for this word is sometimes used distributively, and sometimes collectively, on account of its double meaning, and is the cause of inconclusive syllogisms in reasoning.
Mademoiselle had only disagreeable things to say of the symphony concerts, and insulting remarks to make of all the musicians of New Orleans, singly and collectively.
 
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