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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

The hourlong get-together with Charles—who is receiving treatment for cancer—and his son and grandchildren was treated as a small but symbolic first step in a royal reconciliation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

Seeing everyone crammed into his office for a howdy-host confab looks like the coolest family get-together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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

“I am going to suggest that Republicans and Democrats get together, and immediately craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television and Entertainment Business in America,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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

"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

Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, who chairs the alliance, said, “Every country is different, and Iran certainly has its own realities. But when we get together, we realize many of the challenges are shared.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

I was so busy cooking the best meal that I could possibly get together that I didn’t say much either.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

There are also references to other planned get-togethers between 2012 and 2014, including island visits, meals and meetings at SpaceX—though it couldn’t be learned whether they actually happened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

For years, neighbors would hold weekly get-togethers, at first on burned-out lots and later at housewarming parties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

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

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

These people would have secret get-togethers, too, usually in someone’s flat or in empty basements that had been converted into clubs.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah