altogether

[awl-tuh-geth-er, awl-tuh-geth-er]

adverb

1. wholly; entirely; completely; quite.

   altogether fitting.

   Synonyms: absolutely, totally, utterly

2. with all or everything included.

   The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollars.

3. with everything considered; on the whole.

   Altogether, I'm glad it's over.

altogether

/ ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə, ˈɔːltəˌɡɛðə /

adverb

1. with everything included

   altogether he owed me sixty pounds

2. completely; utterly; totally

   he was altogether mad

3. on the whole

   altogether it was a very good party

noun

1. informal,  naked

Confusables Note

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of altogether¹

First recorded in 1125–75; variant of Middle English altogeder; all, together

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in the altogether, nude.

   When the phone rang she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether.

Example Sentences

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.

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If you want to stop the key fob signal altogether, you can turn off the feature, Sutter said.

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Some countries also ban VPNs altogether, so there may be legal implications to using them in certain jurisdictions.

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That leaves them with two choices: cut the price in order to generate interest or remove the listing altogether.

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If Reeves presents credible fiscal measures that raise revenue without sparking a backlash from other Labour lawmakers then some of that premium could compress, although it probably won’t disappear altogether, he said.

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Related Words

• absolutely 
• fully 
• perfectly 
• quite 
• thoroughly 
• totally 
• utterly 
• wholly