together
preposition
- into one
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L341236 on Wikidata ↗adverb
- in close association or proximity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tʊˈɡɛð.ə/ / [tʰʊˈɡɛð.ə] / /təˈɡɛð.ə/
adj
Etymology: From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English tōgædere (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōgadura, *tegadura, from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”) + *gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, keep”), equivalent to to-₂ + gather. Cognate with Scots thegither (“together”), Old Frisian togadera (whence West Frisian togearre (“together”)), Dutch tegader (“together”), Middle Low German tōgāder (“together”), Middle High German zegater (“together”). Compare also Old English ætgædere (“together”), Old English ġeador (“together”). More at gather.
- Coherent; well-organized.
“He’s really together.”
“Youthful, former fashion model & dancer needs to find a serious, together individual to call his own.”
adv
Etymology: From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English tōgædere (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōgadura, *tegadura, from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”) + *gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, keep”), equivalent to to-₂ + gather. Cognate with Scots thegither (“together”), Old Frisian togadera (whence West Frisian togearre (“together”)), Dutch tegader (“together”), Middle Low German tōgāder (“together”), Middle High German zegater (“together”). Compare also Old English ætgædere (“together”), Old English ġeador (“together”). More at gather.
- At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
“We went to school together.”
“We can't all talk together; let's take turns politely.”
- Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
“He put all the parts together.”
“Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”
- In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
“Bob and Andy went into business together. Jenny and Mark have been together since they went on holiday to Mexico.”
“A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.”
- Without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.
“It has been raining four days together”
“He would weep for hours together, and I verily believe that to the very end this spoilt child of life thought his weak tears in some way efficacious.”