altogether
Americanadverb
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wholly; entirely; completely; quite.
altogether fitting.
- Synonyms:
- absolutely , totally , utterly
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with all or everything included.
The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollars.
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with everything considered; on the whole.
Altogether, I'm glad it's over.
idioms
adverb
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with everything included
altogether he owed me sixty pounds
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completely; utterly; totally
he was altogether mad
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on the whole
altogether it was a very good party
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Commonly Confused
The forms altogether and all together, though often indistinguishable in speech, are distinct in meaning. The adverb altogether means “wholly, entirely, completely”: an altogether confused scene. The phrase all together means “in a group”: The children were all together in the kitchen. The word all can be omitted without seriously affecting the meaning: The children were together in the kitchen.
Etymology
Origin of altogether
First recorded in 1125–75; variant of Middle English altogeder; all, together
Example Sentences
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Once — say, 20 or 30 years ago — those blow-ups might have been enough to chase each of those embattled candidates from their respective races, and maybe even end their political careers altogether.
From Los Angeles Times
A key part of the work showed that protecting newborns from RSV in experimental models prevented these immune system shifts altogether.
From Science Daily
Asgari eventually put the dwelling on the rental market with an asking price of $35,000 a month, before it was delisted altogether earlier this year.
From MarketWatch
If you want to stop the key fob signal altogether, you can turn off the feature, Sutter said.
From Los Angeles Times
Some countries also ban VPNs altogether, so there may be legal implications to using them in certain jurisdictions.
From Salon
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