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together

[ tuh-geth-er ]

adverb

  1. into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body:

    to call the people together.

  2. into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things:

    to sew things together.

  3. into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons:

    to bring strangers together.

  4. taken or considered collectively or conjointly:

    This one cost more than all the others together.

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

    to squeeze a thing together;

    The argument does not hold together well.

  6. at the same time; simultaneously:

    You cannot have both together.

  7. without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly:

    for days together.

  8. in cooperation; with united action; conjointly:

    to undertake a task together.

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

    to confer together;

    to multiply two numbers together.



adjective

  1. Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized:

    a together person.

together

/ təˈɡɛðə /

adverb

  1. with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc

    we worked together

  2. in or into contact or union with each other

    to stick papers together

  3. in or into one place or assembly; with each other

    the people are gathered together

  4. at the same time

    we left school together

  5. considered collectively or jointly

    all our wages put together couldn't buy that car

  6. continuously

    working for eight hours together

  7. closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held

    water will hold the dough together

  8. mutually or reciprocally

    to multiply 7 and 8 together

  9. informal.
    organized

    to get things together

  10. together with
    in addition to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. slang.
    self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable

    she's a very together lady

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of together1

First recorded before 900; late Middle English, variant of earlier togedere, togadere, Old English tōgædere; cognate with Old Frisian togadera; to, gather
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Word History and Origins

Origin of together1

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

As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.

Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.

Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.

I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.

Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.

Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.

On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.

Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.

There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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