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Definitions for en masse
ɑn ˈmæs, ɑ̃en masse

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. en masse, en bloc, as a groupadverb

    all together

    "the students turned out en masse"

Wiktionary

  1. en masseadverb

    in a single body or group; together

Wikipedia

  1. en masse

    Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. English words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, machine, and table are pronounced according to English rules of phonology, rather than French, and are commonly used by English speakers without any consciousness of their French origin. This article, on the other hand, covers French words and phrases that have entered the English lexicon without ever losing their character as Gallicisms: they remain unmistakably "French" to an English speaker. They are most common in written English, where they retain French diacritics and are usually printed in italics. In spoken English, at least some attempt is generally made to pronounce them as they would sound in French; an entirely English pronunciation is regarded as a solecism. Some of them were never "good French", in the sense of being grammatical, idiomatic French usage. Some others were once normal French but have become very old-fashioned, or have acquired different meanings and connotations in the original language, to the extent that they would not be understood (either at all, or in the intended sense) by a native French speaker.

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  1. en masse

    "En masse" is a French term adopted into English that literally means "in a mass or group". It is used to describe actions or events that involve large numbers of people or things happening simultaneously or collectively.

Anagrams for en masse »

  1. enseams

  2. meaness

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of en masse in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of en masse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of en masse in a Sentence

  1. Gurshabad Grover:

    It can lead to en masse takedown of content, intermediaries are often happy to take down perfectly legal content just to avoid liability.

  2. Lisa Dadio:

    We saw what most of us in the profession knew was going to happen, crime just skyrocketed, and [there are a] lack of resources. The pandemic definitely didn't help with officers getting sick and dying and not being able to perform their duties due to the pandemic. … [Police departments] were not hiring and, en masse, police officers retired throughout the country.

  3. Scott Bryan:

    We will have millions to billions of individuals of tens of different species all arriving en masse along our coastline, all healthy and potentially finding a new home.

  4. Lindsey Graham:

    In 1950, there were 16 workers for every retiree. How many are there today? There are three, in 20 years, there is going to be two, and you're going to have 80 million Baby Boomers like me retiring en masse, wanting a Social Security check and their Medicare bills paid. We're going to need more legal immigration. Let's make it logical. Let's pick people from all over the world on our terms, not just somebody from Mexico. Let's create a rational, legal immigration system because we have a declining workforce.

  5. David Garreis:

    One of the big concerns on all of the election officials minds around the country is we don't know what October is going to hold and if there's going to be a resurgence of Covid or anything like that, which would cause people to start dropping out en masse again, but we're cautiously optimistic.


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