together

[ tuh-geth-er ]

/ təˈgɛð ər /

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adverb

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.

adjective

Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person.

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Origin of together

First recorded before 900; late Middle English, variant of earlier togedere, togadere, Old English tōgædere; cognate with Old Frisian togadera; see origin at to, gather

words often confused with together

See altogether.

Words nearby together

togate, togated, Togaviridae, toga virilis, togavirus, together, togetherness, together with, togger, toggery, toggle

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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.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

Inside 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|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 Barnum
And 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 Micheaux
On 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 Bastin
Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for together

together

/ (təˈɡɛðə) /

adverb

with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etcwe worked together

in or into contact or union with each otherto stick papers together

in or into one place or assembly; with each otherthe people are gathered together

at the same timewe left school together

considered collectively or jointlyall our wages put together couldn't buy that car

continuouslyworking for eight hours together

closely, cohesively, or compactly united or heldwater will hold the dough together

mutually or reciprocallyto multiply 7 and 8 together

informal organizedto get things together

together with in addition to

adjective

slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stableshe's a very together lady

Word Origin for together

Old English tōgædre; related to Old Frisian togadera, Middle High German gater; see gather

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