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en bloc en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ɒ̃ ˈblɒk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French en bloc.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) As a whole; all at once; all together.
   • The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers? 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:

Relateds

en masse

Translations (7)

pl en bloc (as a whole) · sh en bloc (as a whole) · hu en bloc (as a whole) · de en bloc (as a whole) · cs en bloc (as a whole) · el ομαδικά (as a whole) · fr en bloc (as a whole)