Meanings
adverben bloc (not comparable)
- not comparableAs 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverball together
Similar
en masseas a group
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- ['fr',
- Frenchen bloc
- Englishen bloc
Translations
Czech en bloc
- en blocas a whole
French en bloc
- en blocas a whole
German en bloc
- en blocas a whole
Greek ομαδικά
- ομαδικά (omadiká)as a whole
Hungarian en bloc
- en blocas a whole
Polish en bloc
- en blocas a whole
Cite this entry
APA
en bloc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20bloc
MLA
“en bloc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20bloc. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “en bloc,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/en%20bloc.
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