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Webster 1913 Edition


Together

To-geth′er

,
adv.
[OE.
togedere
,
togidere
, AS.
tōgædere
,
tōgædre
,
tōgadere
;
tō
to +
gador
together. √29. See
To
,
p
rep.
, and
Gather
.]
1.
In company or association with respect to place or time;
as, to live
together
in one house; to live
together
in the same age; they walked
together
to the town.
Soldiers can never stand idle long
together
.
Landor.
2.
In or into union; into junction;
as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things
together
; to mix things
together
.
The king joined humanity and policy
together
.
Bacon.
3.
In concert; with mutual cooperation;
as, the allies made war upon France
together
.
Together with
,
in union with; in company or mixture with; along with.
Take the bad
together with
the good.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Together

TOGETH'ER

, adv.
1.
In company. We walked together to the wood.
2.
In or into union.
The king joined humanity and policy together.
3.
In the same place; as, to live together in one house.
4.
In the same time; as, to live together in the same age.
5.
In concert; as, the allies made war upon France together.
6.
Into junction or a state of union; as, to sew, knit, pin or fasten two things together; to mix things together.
Together with, in union with; in company or mixture with.
Take the bad together with the good.

Definition 2024


together

together

English

Adverb

together (not comparable)

  1. At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
    We went to school together.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
  2. Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
    He put all the parts together.
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, ISBN 1163911380, page 63:
      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.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. [] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
  3. 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.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      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.
  4. Without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly

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Adjective

together (comparative more together, superlative most together)

  1. (colloquial) well organized, well developed.
    He’s really together.

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