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Definition of en masse in English: en masseadverb ɒ̃ ˈmasɑn ˈmæs In a group; all together. the cabinet immediately resigned en masse Example sentencesExamples - They came en masse to the city square to demonstrate against the Communist government.
- Baked eggs are a lovely, easy dish to serve to company especially when the company has arrived en masse.
Synonyms (all) together, as a group, in a body, as one, as a whole, in a mass, wholesale simultaneously, all at once, at the same time, at one and the same time, at the same instant, at the same moment, contemporaneously in unison, in concert, in chorus French en bloc, ensemble rare synchronously
Origin Late 18th century: French, 'in a mass'. Rhymes alas, Alsace, amass, Bass, chasse, crass, crevasse, gas, Hamas, lass, mass, morass, sass, tarantass, tass, wrasse Definition of en masse in US English: en masseadverbän ˈmasɑn ˈmæs In a group; all together. the board of directors resigned en masse Example sentencesExamples - Baked eggs are a lovely, easy dish to serve to company especially when the company has arrived en masse.
- They came en masse to the city square to demonstrate against the Communist government.
Synonyms together, all together, as a group, in a body, as one, as a whole, in a mass, wholesale
Origin Late 18th century: French, ‘in a mass’. |