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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: mentally and emotionally stable; "she's really together" adv
1: in contact with each other or in proximity; "the leaves stuck together"
2: assembled in one place; "we were gathered together"
3: in each other's company; "we went to the movies together"; "the family that prays together stays together"
4: at the same time; "we graduated together"
5: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the project" [syn: together, unitedly]
6: with a common plan; "act in concert" [syn: in concert, together]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English togedere, from Old English togædere, from t? 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> <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>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & adj. --adv. 1 in company or conjunction (walking together; built it together; were at school together). 2 simultaneously; at the same time (both shouted together). 3 one with another (were talking together). 4 into conjunction; so as to unite (tied them together; put two and two together). 5 into company or companionship (came together in friendship). 6 uninterruptedly (could talk for hours together). --adj. colloq. well organized or controlled. Phrases and idioms: together with as well as; and also. Etymology: OE togædere f. TO + gædre together: cf. GATHER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Together To*geth"er, adv. [OE. togedere, togidere, AS. t[=o]g[ae]dere, t[=o]g[ae]dre, t[=o]gadere; t[=o] to + gador together. [root]29. See To, prep., 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 co["o]peration; 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's 1913 Dictionary

. (e) To push from land; as, to put off a boat. To put on or upon. (a) To invest one's self with, as clothes; to assume. ``Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.'' --L'Estrange. (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another. (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] ``This came handsomely to put on the peace.'' --Bacon. (d) To impose; to inflict. ``That which thou puttest on me, will I bear.'' --2 Kings xviii. 14. (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam. (f) To deceive; to trick. ``The stork found he was put upon.'' --L'Estrange. (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him upon bread and water. ``This caution will put them upon considering.'' --Locke. (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts himself on or upon the country. --Burrill. To put out. (a) To eject; as, to put out and intruder. (b) To put forth; to shoot, as a bud, or sprout. (c) To extinguish; as, to put out a candle, light, or fire. (d) To place at interest; to loan; as, to put out funds. (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he was put out by my reply. [Colloq.] (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the hand. (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet. (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put one out in reading or speaking. (i) (Law) To open; as, to put out lights, that is, to open or cut windows. --Burrill. (j) (Med.) To place out of joint; to dislocate; as, to put out the ankle. (k) To cause to cease playing, or to prevent from playing longer in a certain inning, as in base ball. To put over. (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army. (b) To refer. For the certain knowledge of that truth I put you o'er to heaven and to my mother. --Shak. (c) To defer; to postpone; as, the court put over the cause to the next term. (d) To transfer (a person or thing) across; as, to put one over the river. To put the hand to or unto. (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work. (b) To take or seize, as in theft. ``He hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.'' --Ex. xxii. 11. To put through, to cause to go through all conditions or stages of a progress; hence, to push to completion; to accomplish; as, he put through a measure of legislation; he put through a railroad enterprise. [U.S.] To put to. (a) To add; to unite; as, to put one sum to another. (b) To refer to; to expose; as, to put the safety of the state to hazard. ``That dares not put it to the touch.'' --Montrose. (c) To attach (something) to; to harness beasts to. --Dickens. To put to a stand, to stop; to arrest by obstacles or difficulties. To put to bed. (a) To undress and place in bed, as a child. (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth. To put to death, to kill. To put together, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one. To put this and that (or two and two) together, to draw an inference; to form a correct conclusion. To put to it, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to give difficulty to. ``O gentle lady, do not put me to 't.'' --Shak. To put to rights, to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly. To put to the sword, to kill with the sword; to slay. To put to trial, or on trial, to bring to a test; to try. To put trust in, to confide in; to repose confidence in. To put up. (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities. [Obs.] ``Such national injuries are not to be put up.'' --Addison. (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale. (d) To start from a cover, as game. ``She has been frightened; she has been put up.'' --C. Kingsley. (e) To hoard. ``Himself never put up any of the rent.'' --Spelman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. --Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; -- followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers. To put up a job, to arrange a plot. [Slang] Syn: To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state. Usage: Put, Lay, Place, Set. These words agree in the idea of fixing the position of some object, and are often used interchangeably. To put is the least definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place has more particular reference to the precise location, as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To set or to lay may be used when there is special reference to the position of the object.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'together' is used in phrasal verbs such as 'piece together', 'pull together', and 'sleep together'. 1. If people do something together, they do it with each other. We went on long bicycle rides together... They all live together in a three-bedroom house... Together they swam to the ship. ? alone ADV: usu ADV after v, also ADV cl 2. If things are joined together, they are joined with each other so that they touch or form one whole. Mix the ingredients together thoroughly... She clasped her hands together on her lap... ADV: ADV after v 3. If things or people are situated together, they are in the same place and very near to each other. The trees grew close together... Ginette and I gathered our things together... ADV: ADV after v 4. If a group of people are held or kept together, they are united with each other in some way. He has done enough to pull the party together... ADV: ADV after v • Together is also an adjective. We are together in the way we're looking at this situation. = united ADJ: v-link ADJ 5. If two people are together, they are married or having a sexual relationship with each other. We were together for five years... ADJ: v-link ADJ, n ADJ, v n ADJ 6. If two things happen or are done together, they happen or are done at the same time. Three horses crossed the finish line together... 'Yes,' they said together. ? separately ADV: ADV after v 7. You use together when you are adding two or more amounts or things to each other in order to consider a total amount or effect. Together they account for less than five per cent of the population... ADV: ADV before v, n ADV, ADV cl 8. If you say that two things go together, or that one thing goes together with another, you mean that they go well with each other or cannot be separated from each other. I can see that some colours go together and some don't... PHRASE: pl-n PHR, PHR with n/-ing 9. If you describe someone as together, you admire them because they are very confident, organized, and know what they want. (INFORMAL) She was very headstrong, and very together... ADJ [approval] 10. You use together with to mention someone or something else that is also involved in an action or situation. Every month we'll deliver the very best articles, together with the latest fashion and beauty news... PREP-PHRASE 11. to get your act together: see act to put your heads together: see head put together: see put

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Unitedly, in union, in company, in concert. 2. Simultaneously, in the same time, contemporaneously. 3. Hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, arm in arm. 4. Into junction, into union. 5. In the same place. 6. In concert.

Moby Thesaurus

accordant, ad infinitum, again and again, agreeable, agreeing, akin, all agreeing, all at once, all there, all together, amicable, as one, as one man, assured, at a clip, at a stretch, at once, at one, at one time, attuned, back to back, balanced, by acclamation, ceaselessly, cheek by jowl, clearheaded, clearminded, coactively, coefficiently, coincidentally, coinstantaneously, collected, collectively, combinedly, communally, compatible, compos mentis, composed, concertedly, concordant, concordantly, concurrently, confident, congenial, conjointly, connectedly, consecutively, consentaneously, constantly, continually, continuously, cooperatingly, cooperatively, corporately, corresponding, cumulatively, cyclically, empathetic, empathic, en masse, en rapport, endlessly, ensemble, equanimous, equilibrious, frictionless, hand in glove, hand in hand, hand running, harmonious, harmoniously, healthy-minded, in a body, in a chorus, in accord, in agreement, in association, in chorus, in common, in company, in concert, in concert with, in concord, in conjunction, in harmony with, in partnership, in phase, in rapport, in sync, in tune, in unison, incessantly, inharmony, interminably, isochronously, jointly, levelheaded, like-minded, lucid, mentally sound, monotonously, mutually, nem con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, night and day, normal, of one mind, of sound mind, on a stretch, on all hands, on and on, on end, on the beat, one and all, peaceful, perennially, poised, rational, reasonable, recollected, repetitively, right, round the clock, running, sane, sane-minded, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, sensible, shoulder to shoulder, simultaneously, sound, sound-minded, successively, sympathetic, synchronously, to a man, unanimously, unbrokenly, unceasingly, understanding, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, united, unitedly, unrelievedly, well-balanced, wholesome, with one accord, with one consent, with one voice, without a break, without cease, without contradiction, without stopping