together
into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.
into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things: to sew things together.
into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons: to bring strangers together.
taken or considered collectively or conjointly: This one cost more than all the others together.
(of a single thing) into or in a condition of unity, compactness, or coherence: to squeeze a thing together;The argument does not hold together well.
at the same time; simultaneously: You cannot have both together.
without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly: for days together.
in cooperation; with united action; conjointly: to undertake a task together.
with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to confer together;to multiply two numbers together.
Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person.
Origin of together
1confusables note For together
Words Nearby together
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How to use together in a sentence
As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTtogether, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech | Liza Foreman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumAnd that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxOn the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinAdequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThere were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
British Dictionary definitions for together
/ (təˈɡɛðə) /
with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc: we worked together
in or into contact or union with each other: to stick papers together
in or into one place or assembly; with each other: the people are gathered together
at the same time: we left school together
considered collectively or jointly: all our wages put together couldn't buy that car
continuously: working for eight hours together
closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held: water will hold the dough together
mutually or reciprocally: to multiply 7 and 8 together
informal organized: to get things together
together with in addition to
slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable: she's a very together lady
Origin of together
1together
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Other Idioms and Phrases with together
In addition to the idiom beginning with together
- together with
also see:
- get one's act together
- get together
- go together
- hang together
- keep body and soul together
- knock together
- live together
- piece together
- pull oneself together
- pull together
- put our heads together
- put together
- put two and two together
- scare up (scrape together)
- stick together
- string together
- throw together
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