together
Use Together in a sentence
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: 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.
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Together
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| —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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Etymonline
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.
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
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Group them together on a tabletop for an instant collection.
Have the students in the groups work together to determine and explain how all of the organisms in each group are interconnected.
The molecule is formed when a xanthine and a methyl group come together.
Even so, the press claims that these dinosaurs were a single family group that hunted together.
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