together
Americanadverb
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into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body.
to call the people together.
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into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things.
to sew things together.
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into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons.
to bring strangers together.
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taken or considered collectively or conjointly.
This one cost more than all the others together.
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(of a single thing) into or in a condition of unity, compactness, or coherence: The argument does not hold together well.
to squeeze a thing together;
The argument does not hold together well.
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at the same time; simultaneously.
You cannot have both together.
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without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.
for days together.
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in cooperation; with united action; conjointly.
to undertake a task together.
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with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to multiply two numbers together.
to confer together;
to multiply two numbers together.
adjective
adverb
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with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc
we worked together
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in or into contact or union with each other
to stick papers together
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in or into one place or assembly; with each other
the people are gathered together
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at the same time
we left school together
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considered collectively or jointly
all our wages put together couldn't buy that car
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continuously
working for eight hours together
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closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held
water will hold the dough together
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mutually or reciprocally
to multiply 7 and 8 together
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informal organized
to get things together
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in addition to
adjective
Commonly Confused
See altogether.
Etymology
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
Explanation
Cooperative and surrounded by friends, together is never alone. Together is an adverb indicating when two or more people or things that are with each other — assembled in a group or united in goals. Together can also mean “at the same time.” If you sing soprano in a choir, you sing together with the other sopranos in a song. Together is also used to say “set up” or “well-organized.” When someone is emotionally stable, calm, confident, or level-headed, you might describe her as together. And if not, you might hope she “gets it together." Together is a cousin of gather, which might explain why they show up together so often.
Example Sentences
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It’s a major betrayal for Rick and a bummer for the audience, who never get to see the two make music together again.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
To cobble together the package of content you want requires subscribing to multiple services at ever-increasing cost.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
They were semi-forcefully grouped together by fellow student comedians who thought being gay would unite them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She added that gardening and cooking "go very well together" and described spending time outdoors as "so good" for mental wellbeing.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
There wasn’t a bush, hardly a flower, that Karel and I hadn’t looked at together, that didn’t have a bit of our feeling for each other still clinging to it.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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