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together
[ tuh-geth-er ]
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: The argument does not hold together well.
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 multiply two numbers together.
to confer together;
to multiply two numbers together.
adjective
- Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized:
a together person.
together
/ əˈɡɛðə /
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 within addition to
adjective
- slang.self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable
she's a very together lady
Usage
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of together1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with together , also see 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 .Example Sentences
He is currently putting together a "fact-finding" delegation to travel to Washington DC and bring the movement directly to the Trump administration.
The police video, spliced together from officers’ body-worn cameras and surveillance footage, showed confusion in the moments leading up to the incident, which left Lauren, 51, hospitalized with a gunshot wound.
The program brought together a Marine Corps band that was dissolved as part of the administration’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the military.
Others combine to forge inexact recollections, grouping together years of returning to specific family properties, rental houses and cottages, condos and campsites.
The gang's actions were uncovered following an investigation involving multiple police forces together with Romanian authorities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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