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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

Will the Sussexes be invited to the royal Christmas get-together at Sandringham?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

Even so, Riley was hanging out with Jam and Reid just last night, he says, in a little get-together at Jimmy Iovine’s place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

Although some of the women knew each other, most did not meet until 1986, when Bernice "B" Steadman decided to hold a 25th anniversary get-together.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

“When they all get together it’s basically a sewing circle where they all talk to each other: ‘Hey, I got this,’ ‘I’m getting this.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

They told me Paul Baker and Issa break up, but I don’t think they ever said Anton and Paul Baker get together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Eventually he would like to do events on it and use it as a mobile space "for people to get together and have a bit of craic".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

They have been so very unresourceful, these last few days, I cannot think ...but now they can get together over these games, and then we shall really see the friendship cemented.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

More than 50 years later, scattered around the country, they text almost daily and have annual get-togethers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 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

But towards the end of summer, just before they fly back to the North Atlantic, where they pass the winter bobbing on stormy waves, they host a series of get-togethers.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson