together

[ tuh-geth -er ]

/ təˈgɛð ər /

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adverb

into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.

into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things: to sew things together.

into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons: to bring strangers together.

taken or considered collectively or conjointly: This one cost more than all the others together.

(of a single thing) into or in a condition of unity, compactness, or coherence: to squeeze a thing together; The argument does not hold together well.

at the same time; simultaneously: You cannot have both together.

without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly: for days together.

in cooperation; with united action; conjointly: to undertake a task together.

with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to confer together; to multiply two numbers together.

adjective

Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person.

Origin of together

before 900; late Middle English, variant of earlier togedere, togadere, Old English tōgædere; cognate with Old Frisian togadera. See to, gather

usage note for together

See altogether.

Words nearby together

toga virilis, togate, togated, togaviridae, togavirus, together, together with, togetherness, togger, toggery, toggle

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Everything turned around and we pulled it together, got our act together for the big ten.

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They came out to support Putin that night together with about 50 more anti-Navalny activists.

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They had three years together before Ziad left to do his compulsory military service, leaving on her birthday, April 4, 2001.

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It is giving him no excessive praise to say that he makes himself as interesting as Johnson and Boswell together.

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He overtook her on the church steps, and they went in together.

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I never knew at a given moment where he was, and there were times when for months together I never saw him.

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You behaved beautifully to her at dinner; I was so happy to see you together.

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Together they stood at the table while the son said a few words of reverent grace.

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British Dictionary definitions for together

together

/ (təˈɡɛðə) /

adverb

with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc we worked together

in or into contact or union with each other to stick papers together

in or into one place or assembly; with each other the people are gathered together

at the same time we left school together

considered collectively or jointly all our wages put together couldn't buy that car

continuously working for eight hours together

closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held water will hold the dough together

mutually or reciprocally to multiply 7 and 8 together

informal organized to get things together

together with in addition to

adjective

slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable she's a very together lady

Word Origin for together

Old English tōgædre; related to Old Frisian togadera, Middle High German gater; see gather

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get one's act together
get together
go together
hang together
keep body and soul together
knock together
live together
piece together
pull oneself together
pull together
put our heads together
put together
put two and two together
scare up (scrape together)
stick together
string together
throw together

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