[tuh-geth
-er] 
| 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. |
| 10. | Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person. |
| to·geth·er (tə-gěth'ər) adv.
[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. |
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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.
