together

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English togedere, from Old English togædere, from tō to + gædere together; akin to Middle High German gater together, Old English gaderian to gather Date: before 12th century 1. a. in or into one place, mass, collection, or group <

the men get together every Thursday for poker

> b. in a body ; as a group <

students and faculty together presented the petition

> 2. a. in or into contact (as connection, collision, or union) <

mix these ingredients together

> b. in or into association or relationship <

colors that go well together

> 3. a. at one time ; simultaneously <

events that happened together

> b. in succession <

was depressed for days together

> 4. a. by combined action ; jointly <

together we forced the door

> b. in or into agreement or harmony <

the soloist and the orchestra weren't quite together

> c. in or into a unified or coherent structure or an integrated whole <

can't even put a simple sentence together

> 5. a. with each other — used as an intensive after certain verbs <

join together

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add together

> b. as a unit ; in the aggregate <

these arguments taken together make a convincing case

> c. considered as a whole ; counted or summed up <

all together, there were 21 entries

> • togetherness noun II. adjective Date: 1963 1. appropriately prepared, organized, or balanced 2. composed in mind or manner ; self-possessed <

a warm, sensitive, reasonably together girl — East Village Other

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