together
Americanadverb
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into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body.
to call the people together.
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into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things.
to sew things together.
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into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons.
to bring strangers together.
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taken or considered collectively or conjointly.
This one cost more than all the others together.
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(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.
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at the same time; simultaneously.
You cannot have both together.
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without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.
for days together.
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in cooperation; with united action; conjointly.
to undertake a task together.
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with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to multiply two numbers together.
to confer together;
to multiply two numbers together.
adjective
adverb
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with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etc
we worked together
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in or into contact or union with each other
to stick papers together
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in or into one place or assembly; with each other
the people are gathered together
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at the same time
we left school together
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considered collectively or jointly
all our wages put together couldn't buy that car
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continuously
working for eight hours together
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closely, cohesively, or compactly united or held
water will hold the dough together
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mutually or reciprocally
to multiply 7 and 8 together
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informal organized
to get things together
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in addition to
adjective
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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The pair dance together in a contest near the end of the video, with Reynolds appearing as one of the judges.
From BBC
But when unpaid amateurs climb together, things becomes murkier.
From BBC
Local officials accused Horning of backing out of a plan to help fund an overhaul of the iconic gondola connecting Telluride and Mountain Village—a free 12-minute ride that stitches the two towns together.
“Pretty in Pink” originally concluded with Andie and Duckie together, sharing a dance at the prom, which test audiences disliked so much that they booed the screen.
From Salon
When a person consumes about 20 mg of caffeine, such as from coffee, chocolate, or soda, it causes the nanobody and its partner protein to bind together.
From Science Daily
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