Together Definition & Meaning

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Synonyms together American [tuh-geth-er] / təˈgɛð ər /

adverb

1. into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body.

   to call the people together.

2. into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things.

   to sew things together.

3. into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons.

   to bring strangers together.

4. taken or considered collectively or conjointly.

   This one cost more than all the others together.

5. (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.

6. at the same time; simultaneously.

   You cannot have both together.

7. without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.

   for days together.

8. in cooperation; with united action; conjointly.

   to undertake a task together.

9. with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to multiply two numbers together.

   to confer together;

   to multiply two numbers together.

adjective

1. Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized.

   a together person.

together British / təˈɡɛðə /

adverb

1. with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc

   we worked together

2. in or into contact or union with each other

   to stick papers together

3. in or into one place or assembly; with each other

   the people are gathered together

4. at the same time

   we left school together

5. considered collectively or jointly

   all our wages put together couldn't buy that car

6. continuously

   working for eight hours together

7. closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held

   water will hold the dough together

8. mutually or reciprocally

   to multiply 7 and 8 together

9. informal organized

   to get things together

10. in addition to

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adjective

1. slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable

   she's a very together lady

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More idioms and phrases containing together

• 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

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; to, gather

Example Sentences

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In November, he attended the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, a day-long conference at the Kennedy center designed to bring together investors on clean energy, AI, advanced manufacturing, finance and health.

From The Wall Street Journal

I hang out with my two friends, and we do a pod together each, so that’s how we get to hang out now.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the only paper the two wrote together.

From The Wall Street Journal

Military delegations regularly visited one another while their soldiers trained together.

From The Wall Street Journal

I suppose they’d come out to the crick together, and they went back together.

From Literature

Related Words

• closely
• collectively
• in tandem
• jointly
• simultaneously

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