masse
n. countablen. a large amount or a big group of something. It is often used in the phrase 'en masse' to describe many people doing something together.
n. a large body of matter with no definite shape; a collective whole. Most frequently encountered in the adverbial phrase 'en masse', which describes a group acting as a single unit.
The crowd moved en masse toward the exit.
When the factory announced the new safety rules, the workers walked out en masse to protest the changes.
The migratory birds took flight en masse, creating a dark, shifting cloud that stretched across the horizon for several miles.
Primarily used in the French loan phrase 'en masse', which functions as an adverbial phrase meaning 'all together'.
They left in masseThey left en masseThe phrase is a direct loan from French and always uses 'en' rather than the English preposition 'in'.