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• get-together
  get-together

  noun

  an informal and usually small social gathering.
• get together
  get together

  Accumulate, gather, as in Go get all the firewood together : [c. 1400]

get-together

American  

[get-tuh-geth-er] / ˈgɛt təˌgɛð ər /

noun

• get-togethers
  plural

1. an informal and usually small social gathering.

2. a meeting or conference.

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get-together British  

noun

1. informal a small informal meeting or social gathering

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verb

1. (tr) to gather or collect

2. (intr) (of people) to meet socially

3. (intr) to discuss, esp in order to reach an agreement

4. informal

   1. to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity

   2. to achieve a harmonious frame of mind

get together Idioms  

1. Accumulate, gather, as in Go get all the firewood together : [c. 1400]

2. Come together, assemble, as in Let's get together next week . The variant get together with means “meet with someone,” as in I can't get together with them today but I'll have time next week . [Late 1600s]

3. Arrive at an agreement, as in The jury was unable to get together on a verdict .

4. . See under get one's act together .

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• get-togethers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of get-together

First recorded in 1910–15; noun use of verb phrase get together

Example Sentences

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Still, most of us aren’t expected to shell out thousands to go to a get-together we know we’ll hate.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

But there were no pictures from this secretive get-together and the private moment at Highgrove hasn't really shifted the narrative on what proved a difficult week for the visitors from California.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Charles and Camilla paid their respects at the 9/11 Memorial and met locals including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a get-together that came just hours after the couple were hosted by President Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Ted invited her to Fire Island under the guise of a work get-together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

The next thing that Kitty did was to organize a little get-together with Peewee and some of the guys on the baseball team.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

They all left vowing to get together again soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

"I didn't get together with him because he was a footballer so I never considered the footballer life - that he might just have to move at the last minute," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

They agreed to get together for dinner with their wives when he returned from a hunting trip to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

This is where teenagers from Gypsy, traveller and Roma communities get together every week.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Oh yeah. Sometimes we all get together in the Hideout to play games and eat snacks. It’s super fun.”

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

A few years ago you were famous for holding get-togethers in the middle of the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

How can we approach the question of who pays for these family get-togethers going forward?

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

They assemble for fun-looking get-togethers at their local bar and grill.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

It provides one-to-one support by a perinatal support worker, counselling, talking therapy and peer-to-peer support through workshops and get-togethers.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

The get-togethers were arranged by the party, and most of the guests were party members.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela