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Together

[tuh-geth-er]

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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.

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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.

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adjective

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

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Together is always a great word to know.

So is hosing. Does it mean:

excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue

an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated; an instance of being attacked or defeated decisively

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Origin:
before 900; late Middle English, variant of earlier togedere, togadere, Old English tōgædere; cognate with Old Frisian togadera. See to, gather

Usage note
See altogether.

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Example Sentences

For many students and their families, scraping together the money to pay for college is a big enough hurdle on its own.

Dusky dolphins use teamwork to herd schools of fish together for easy eating.

The cells needed to link up in a form that will allow them to beat together.

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For many students and their families, scraping together the money to pay for college is a big enough hurdle on its own.

Dusky dolphins use teamwork to herd schools of fish together for easy eating.

The cells needed to link up in a form that will allow them to beat together.

Biologists long believed that lions band together to hunt prey.

Plant these six basil varieties together for delicious harvest all summer.

All the helpful hints and suggestions make putting together a party as simple as snapping two bricks together.

He measured the movements of one injected mouse against the movements of two mice that were placed together.

Clustering is the phenomenon whereby firms from the same industry gather together in close proximity.

Spider monkey groups continually split apart into subgroups and then later come together again.

Pre-fab systems would be hauled in on trucks and bolted together by installers.

Since their young folk intermarried, they were drawn together.

Plant contrasting conifers together to create a striking effect.

Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together.

Both old and new approaches will probably have to live together on campus for many years to come.

These gregarious animals are often seen in groups, and several families may live together in a large community.

Fossil dealers and paleontologists could explore together.

Arrange plants on a nursery cart to see which ones work well together.

One professor who has also been a provost urges the two sides of the campus to work together.

At that time, several lionesses bring together their litters, usually born within a few weeks of each other.

Even so, the press claims that these dinosaurs were a single family group that hunted together.

For easy carving, have the butcher cut the rib-eye muscle from the bones, then tie the meat and bones back together for roasting.

It's an interest that brings scholars, data aggregators, and policy makers together.

Carolina wrens are monogamous, and breeding pairs may stay together for years.

But in a larger sense, he's been putting it together his entire life.

While the adults mingle, let the younger set glue the pieces together.

It was a rainy day and giraffes were gathering together under the mangotree.

All of those critters were all together in one big, happy allosauroidea.

The vegetables in these sandwiches don't get soggy as they stand, and the flavors benefit from a little time together.

Figure out your footprint, then join hundreds of website visitors who together have pledged to save thousands of gallons a day.

They would sometimes move the bones to a new location and/or pile a bunch together.

Whisk together equal parts hoisin sauce and water, brush onto skewers, and grill over medium heat.

Belugas generally live together in small groups known as pods.

He spaced plants close together to minimize weeds and planted vegetables and flowers together to keep pollinators circulating.

Experts are close to piecing together the entire genomes of long-dead beasts.

Cover with canvas and hinge together to make a screen.

What matters is that natural processes glued them all together.

Or hinge together several prefabricated artist's canvases.

There are specialty camps where two- and four-legged campers get to stay and play together.

Plant sage and succulents together for maximum impact.

Wolves work together to hunt, raise their young, and protect their territory.

Boiling the two together gives you homemade taste in minutes.

But there is one place where the tracks are closest together.

It's heavy, so build the planter in sections that can be screwed together on-site.

Oil causes birds' feathers to mat together into separated clumps.

Roots grow down instead of out, so you can space plants closer together and still get high production.

They agree that it would be interesting to work together some day.

Use fusing tape to secure panels together and tuck unhemmed edges underneath.

Likewise, a keystone species holds the rest of the ecosystem together and keeps it from dramatically changing or collapsing.

Group them together on a tabletop for an instant collection.

They often work together to prey upon large mammals.

Remember that odd numbers of items often look better together.

He nudges the slices together so they touch and dribbles greenish liquid along the seam.

Several varieties of basil grow together in one well-organized plot.

One former government official predicts it will take a catastrophic attack to force federal agencies to work together.

Cartoon illustration brought a young couple together and has helped them build a career together, too.

The corvids become the first nonprimates observed to figure out together how to retrieve a.

To some, the twining together of different materials represents the joining of two families.

The first synthetic genome is pieced together by scientists, the next-to-last step in creating man-made life.

Couples who live together before they get married are less likely to stay married, a new study has found.

Neuroscientists are finding that their biological descriptions of the brain may fit together best when.

We are all encouraged to join together to make our communities healthier.

Weave any remaining loose ends together, trim off the excess and bind them together with not melt glue or wax.

Scholars regularly work together on major research projects.

But those who live together before marriage are more likely to divorce.

The molecule is formed when a xanthine and a methyl group come together.

Stegosaurs and ankylosaurs were sister groups and, together with their.

Put them all together and you've got a great portable meal that packs up easily and is perfect.

It means that the local client and cloud work together.

There is also a need for big pharmaceutical firms to work together.

See how quickly you can piece together these spider jigsaw puzzles and slide puzzles.

Ripley strung together a collage of sports oddities.

Attach each stem to a sprig of fir by wrapping the two together several times with floral wire.

GarageBand's various windows let you play instruments, record them, and mix the tracks together into finished songs.

With one day left before their preliminary hearing, the prosecution team was scrambling to pull together evidence to support its.

Equally nostalgically, observers from the ex-Yugoslav countries sat together as a group.

Researchers are finally beginning to cobble together the basic elements of a quantum computer on a chip.

As a test, we're going to leave the comments on so people can work together to find the answer.

Putting together an effective curriculum vitae is one.

Many are suspicious of their fellow citizens but cling tightly together for.

They often hunt together for fish, squid, and shrimp.

Once upon a time, humans could not hold conversations or sing songs together.

Each specimen has its own unique traits, and together the collection represents the vast.

Stir or beat in flour and salt until dough is no longer crumbly and comes together in a ball.

Most of them can be put together with ordinary stuff.

With a goal to promote sustainable resources, the schools worked together to build a car powered by sunlight.

The only way to keep such a diverse bunch together is to insist that each country's internal affairs are its own business.

Populations of different plants and animals that live and interact together are called a.

Parts of the brain tend to work together more intensely during lucid dreaming than in other dream phases.

The overall goal is to project an image of party unity, a ritual coming together following an often divisive primary.

Showstring indie zines are banding together with funded sites to prove that sisters are doing it for themselves.

Tell me more why however you don't think adjuncts will ever form a union together.

The cells that power it generate their electricity by reacting hydrogen and oxygen together in the presence of a catalyst.

Have the students in the groups work together to determine and explain how all of the organisms in each group are interconnected.

The scientists say the findings help explain how so many species of orchids developed, and can exist so close together.

Monstrous waves race together from every point of the horizon.

But their numbers are growing, and a group is forming to bring them together in a city where they.

It refers, for example, to customers who ignore products that are bundled together by a.

Some work together to drive fish into shining corrals made from.

But chimps that had met only as adults and lived together for eight years still became agitated at inequity.

They blend together wonderfully which is all part of this city's charm.

Put them together with imagination, she adds, and you've got art.

People here wear suits and coats together all the time.

After the second world war, he was one of the painters who together created the style known as abstract expressionism.

Extended families live together in mud and plaster hut compounds.

The ruse worked, and the couple had three sons together.

The fish are served on a platter, and the broth in a tureen, and you eat both together in large soup plates.

Best of all, when you poach these eggs side by side, they don't stick together.

My high school was in a new district stuck together from several disparate towns:.

The goal is to bring amateur musicians and the public together.

And every second, hundreds of thousands of them slam together in a burst of obscure particles.

Nothing brings a family closer together than taking them away.

Lovers seek to create a place that they can inhabit together against the obstacles of the world.

Turtle shells are covered with scales that grow tightly together.

It agglomerates with other galaxies to form galaxy clusters, the largest bodies in the universe held together by gravity.

Wood is lashed together with rawhide and covered with colored leather and metal ornaments.

We've put together a list of some of our favorite tomato-friendly recipes for you to try.

Usually this is an invitation only business, or people get together at conferences and plan a book together.

He sequestered her in his hole, and they immediately curled up together and started a courtship.

The researchers expected that the droplets would merge when they bumped together.

When all is completely fried, add the strained peppers and allow it to all cook together for awhile longer.

Fold edges of pastry under so they're flush with the pan or dish, pressing together any cracks.

Yet one blue button is really many animals together.

Because it is highly unlikely that the stars in a cluster got together by accident, they must have been born at the same time.

Together they appear to represent the upper limits of how large these predatory dinosaurs could get.

Dry-stacked stone walls are held together by friction and gravity rather than mortar.

Point out that the word sunflower is made up of two words that are put together.

The roadlike filaments may be larger in sheer size, but they are not coherent bodies held together by gravity.

News stories about the photograph led to a reunion of the men who survived huddled together in the church.

Construct a mural using several large sheets of paper taped together.

Her pots go together quickly, and they look great from the moment they're planted.

Interns will gain an understanding of the way the photo, design and editorial departments work together to produce the magazine.

Tape together the box-top flaps, then cut along three sides of the top so that a hinged lid remains.

Thousands more huddled together in parks on the edge of the city.

Anchor heavier branches by loosely tying together their stem ends with a piece of twine.

Another volunteer encouraged his entire extended family to serve on a service program together at the same time.

The combination of mango and tomato may seem surprising, but the pickling ingredients bring them together in an.

Cut the vegetables at home, make the dressing, then toss everything together when you're ready to eat.

They travel large distances together in search of food.

The cabin's cookhouse is where everyone gathers to eat and spend time together.

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World English Dictionary

together (təˈɡɛðə)

—*adv*
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.	together with in addition to

—*adj*
11.	slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stable: she's a very together lady

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Word Origin & History

together

O.E. togædere, from to (see to) + gædere "together" (adv.), apparently a variant of the adverb geador "together," related to gadrian (see gather). Ger. cognate zusammen substitutes second element with O.H.G. verbal cognate of Eng.

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same (OE also had tosamne "together"). Adjective meaning "self-assured, free of emotional difficulties" is first recorded 1966.

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Slang Dictionary

together definition

mod.
organized. : I'm not together yet. Lemme call you back.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

together

In addition to the idiom beginning with together, 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.