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to⋅geth⋅er

  [tuh-geth-er]
Use together in a Sentence
–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: 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 confer together; to multiply two numbers together.
–adjective
10. Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person.
Origin:
bef. 900; late ME, var. of earlier togedere, togadere, OE tōgædere; c. OFris togadera. See to, gather

Usage note:
See altogether.
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to·geth·er   (tə-gěth'ər)   
adv.  
  1. In or into a single group, mass, or place: We gather together.
  2. In or into contact: The cars crashed together. She mixed the chemicals together.
    1. In association with or in relationship to one another; mutually or reciprocally: getting along together.
    2. By joint or cooperative effort: We ironed the entire load of clothes together.
  4. Regarded collectively; in total: She is worth more than all of us together. Considered together, the proposals made little sense.
  5. In or into a unified structure or arrangement: put the food processor together.
  6. Simultaneously: The bells rang out together.
  7. In harmony or accord: We stand together on this issue.
  8. Informal Into an effective, coherent condition: Get yourself together.
adj.   Slang
  1. Emotionally stable and effective in performance: She's really together.
  2. In tune with what is going on; hip.

[Middle English, from Old English tōgædere; see ghedh- in Indo-European roots.]
to·geth'er·ness n.
Usage Note: Together with is often used following the subject of a sentence or clause to introduce an addition. The addition, however, does not alter the number of the verb, which is governed by the subject: The king (singular), together with two aides, is expected soon. The same is true of along with, besides, and in addition to. See Usage Notes at besides, like2.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Together

To*geth"er\, adv. [OE. togedere, togidere, AS. t[=o]g[ae]dere, t[=o]g[ae]dre, t[=o]gadere; t[=o] to + gador together. [root]29. See To, prep., and Gather.]

1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.

Soldiers can never stand idle long together. --Landor.

2. In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together.

The king joined humanity and policy together. --Bacon.

3. In concert; with mutual co["o]peration; as, the allies made war upon France together.

Together with, in union with; in company or mixture with; along with.

Take the bad together with the good. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : together
Spanish: junto(s),
German: zusammen,
Japanese: 一緒に
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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. same (OE also had tosamne "together"). Adjective meaning "self-assured, free of emotional difficulties" is first recorded 1966.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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