(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.
It was a ~ decision...
The country’s politicians are already heaving a ~ sigh of relief.
= joint
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
The Cabinet is ~ly responsible for policy.
ADV: oft ADV with cl
2.
A ~ amount of something is the total obtained by adding together the amounts that each person or thing in a group has.
Their ~ volume wasn’t very large.
= combined
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
In 1968 the states ~ly spent $2 billion on it.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
The ~ term for two or more types of thing is a general word or expression which refers to all of them.
Social science is a ~ name, covering a series of individual sciences.
ADJ: ADJ n
~ly
...other sorts of cells (known ~ly as white corpuscles).
ADV: ADV with v
4.
A ~ is a business or farm which is run, and often owned, by a group of people who take an equal share of any profits. (BUSINESS)
He will see that he is participating in all the decisions of the ~.
= co-operative
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