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together English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word together once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning together meaning

What does together mean?

Definitions in simple English

together Preposition

— Near; close; in the same place; not far; in a family or group. I put all the books about food together on one shelf.

— Putting parts of something into one thing. Organizing He put together a meeting. She put her computer back together herself.

together Adjective

— having your thoughts straight. Not crazy.

together

— adverb in contact with each other or in proximity the leaves stuck together

— adverb assembled in one place we were gathered together

— adverb in each other's company we went to the movies together the family that prays together stays together

— adverb at the same time we graduated together

— adverb with cooperation and interchange we worked together on the project

— adjective mentally and emotionally stable she's really together

— adverb (= in concert) with a common plan act in concert

Synonyms together synonyms

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together English » English

with

simultaneously

jointly

at the same time

in unison

mutually

collectively

altogether

unitedly

cooperatively

all together

all

united

same

in company

in common

equal

both

with each other

reciprocally

into one

in concert

conjointly

as one

and

along with

together with

to

simultaneous

join

concurrently

amicably

along

unanimous

two

towards

side by side

same time

mutual

mixed together

joint

joined

including

in step

in company with

harmoniously

gather

even

equally

en masse

Topics together topics

What do people use together to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange

Mix

• What words refer to someone mixing things together?
  mix mix something with something mix things together add something to something amalgamate bring together coalesce combine commingle dilute fuse imbue interlard intermingle intermix join jumble lump meld merge mingle scramble unification unify unite
• What words refer to stirring something so that it is mixed well?
  stir stir up stir together beat blend knead whisk
• What words describe something made by mixing things together?
  mixed mixed up amalgamated assorted blended combined composite compounded conglomerated diluted half-and-half heterogeneous intermixed jumbled mingled miscellaneous motley scrambled tangled together varied variegated
• What words refer to different things that do not mix well with each other?
  do not mix incompatible do not go well together

Physical actions Arrange

Organize

• What words refer to organizing things?
  organize dispose structure get together get it together get your act together chart marshal put in a chart put in a table put in a matrix sort sort out systematize tabulate
• What words describe a person who organizes things well?
  organized methodical neat together

Physical actions Arrange

Join, attach

• What words refer to joining two or more things together?
  join join together agglutinate assemble bolt cement chain clip combine connect couple crimp fasten fetter fuse glue grapple handcuff hitch hook together knit latch link manacle merge paste pin plaster put together put up rivet secure sew shackle solder staple stick stick together tape (up) unite unify weld
• What words refer to things joining together?
  adhere bind cleave cling cohere combine fuse merge stick together unite
• What words refer to reuniting things that have come apart?
  reunite reassemble rejoin re-glue reattach refasten put back together

Physical actions Arrange

Gather

• What words refer to gathering things?
  gather accumulate amass assemble bring together bunch up collect compile concentrate consolidate cumulate group (v) heap heap up herd together layer (v) mass together pile rally round-up stack stack up load
• What words refer to things gathering?
  gather clump cluster collect congregate crowd together flock form gang horde meet pile up swarm throng
• What words describe things that have been gathered?
  gathered collected concentrated crowded crowding cumulative massed together massing togetherness heaped loaded piled

States Location Here, there

Touching, contact

• What words refer to two things touching each other?
  contact be in contact touch rest against up against together end to end
• What words refer to two things moving until they touch each other?
  come into contact make contact touch bump into come together brush skim graze meet connect butt up against come to rest against

States Time Relative time Before

At the same time

• What words indicate that two things happen at the same time?
  at the same time together at one time at once simultaneously at the same instant in concert in unison

Grammar Case Semantically similar events

Together

• What words indicate that some people do something together?
  together

Social behavior Relationships

Friend

• What words are used to refer to the state of being friends?
  be friends with going together going out going steady
• What are the outward signs of friendship?
  hold hands be together do things together share give gifts show affection

Social behavior Social activity

Come together, form a group

• What words refer to people coming together to form a group?
  come together assemble band together collect cluster come together congregate convene crowd flock gather join forces muster rendezvous stream throng unite join

Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone

• What words refer to when two people agree?
  agree agreement concur accede think the same think alike hold the same view be of the same mind be of like mind like-minded be in accord be of one accord be united be in the same place be together on something be with someone coincide in our thinking
• What words refer to two people coming to agreement?
  come to an agreement come together ratify a treaty

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Invite

• What words are used of causing people to meet together?
  invite extend an invitation invite over ask someone to something assemble bring together call up call together call a meeting collect convene gather mobilize muster rally request someone's presence round up summon bid someone come

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Meet together

• What words refer to meeting someone?
  meet meet together get together rendezvous

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Cooperate with

• What words refer to working together with someone to do something?
  cooperate with work together side-by-side jointly collaborate partnership alliance join together team up help each other

Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Stick together

• What words refer to joining two things together using glue or a sticky substance?
  stick stick down stick together glue
• What words refer to two or more things sticking together?
  stick stick together adhere cake cling cohere grip lump

Physical actions Arrange

Tie

• What words refer to tying things together?
  tie tie together tie up bind cinch gird hitch lash moor rope together tether truss wind

Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving

• What words refer to more than one thing moving in the same direction?
  move together move parallel
• What words refer to more than one thing meeting?
  meet come together unite crash collide

States Quality Good Right, proper

Compatible

• What words refer to things being compatible?
  accord agree clash cohere complement comport dovetail go together go with harmonize jibe rhyme square
• What words refer to people being compatible?
  work well together be well-suited be well-matched be made for each other be a perfect match be a perfect pair be ideally suited be right for

Person Sense, perceive See

Appearance

• What words indicate that something looks good with another thing?
  go with set off match go together complement matching blend in

Person Life

Marriage

• What words refer to marrying someone?
  marry marriage get married tie the knot get hitched join together unite wed marry into

Person Life Marriage

Romantic love

• What words refer to loving each other again after having problems?
  make up get back together

Person Life Sexual relations

Sexual immorality

• What words refer to an ongoing relationship outside of marriage?
  affair relationship be together romance

Language and thought Think Mind

Logical

• What words describe thinking that is logical?
  logical sound rational reasonable well thought out well-founded make sense hang together coherent add up

Language and thought

Emotion

• What words refer to controlling your feelings again after losing control?
  snap out of it get a grip on yourself pull yourself together

Social behavior

Relationships

• What words refer to the process of relating to other people?
  relate to associate with affiliate with participate with partner with fellowship with interact with be acquainted with work with collaborate have a relationship going together going out going steady

Social behavior Relationships Types of people

Working relationship

• What words refer to the process of relating to other people at work?
  affiliate with partner with work with work together collaborate

Work and occupation Agriculture Process harvest

Store the harvest

• What words refer to storing the harvest?
  store the harvest store food put in sacks tie together heap of grain haystack sheaf of grain

Physical actions Posture

Stand

• What words refer to standing near something?
  stand around stand together

Physical actions Move

Accompany

• What words refer to moving with someone?
  go with come with come along accompany escort (v) travel with journey together

Physical actions Move Accompany

Move together

• What words refer to moving together?
  go together

States Quality Light

Color

• What words describe colors that look good together?
  go together go with suit you color scheme complimentary

Grammar Case Semantically similar events

With, be with

• What words indicate a person who accompanied the person who is the subject of the clause?
  with be accompanied by company in someone's company in someone's presence contact along with together with

Grammar Case Patient-related cases

With (a patient)

• What words mark something that is used with another thing?
  with together with combined with in combination in conjunction with alongside along with

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

Association

• What words indicate association?
  with among together with between...and be one with in common in union with union

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

Combinative relation

• What words indicate combinative relation?
  with together with combined with mixed with

Examples together examples

How do I use together in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Blend milk and eggs together.

We shared the benefit together.

Shall I go together with you?

Birds of a feather flock together.

Together or separately?

When we are together, time seems to stand still.

Tom and his uncle walked together in silence.

Tom's parents don't want Tom and Mary to live together until after they are married.

Geometry is a mathematical science concerned with the study and measurement of lines, angles and curves, and with the shapes which are formed when several lines are joined together.

The movie that Tom and Mary watched together had a happy ending.

Let's figure this out together.

We're working together.

We're still together.

We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

This is my friend Rachel. We went to high school together.

All the church bells started ringing together.

Fish and red wine don't go together.

We came together to form a group.

We saw the film and had dinner together.

Some furniture is put together with glue.

Working together, they cleaned the entire house in no time.

What do you say to dining out together?

Let's sing some English songs together.

The great critic and the poet are traveling together.

Let's get together again!

I pulled myself together and started my work.

The singers sang together in order to raise money to help people with AIDS.

It snowed for many days together.

I got along so well with the guy sitting next to me at the pub that we ended up drinking together till dawn.

Read after me all together.

Let's get together and talk it over.

Movie subtitles

Being together is even more dangerous.

Oh, and sorry about interrupting your little get together.

Oh! I knew we'd get paired together!

I am so stoked we got paired together, Elder Price.

We can do it together, you and me, but mostly me!

Well, we've all been together about three months now, spreading the Word of Christ, saving the souls of the fine Ugandan people through baptism.

Hey, come on! We're supposed to be together at all times!

And it came to pass that the Nephites did gather together a great number of men, even to exceed the number of 30,000.

Even though their prophet had died, the Mormons stuck together and helped each other, and were really nice to everyone they came across.

Our prophet has told us to stick together, to fight oppression!

This frozen block of sand has all of the grains of sand locked together.

The water allows the sand grains to flow together and intermingle and form more complex structures.

In the same way, water acts like a cocktail mixer, allowing the atoms and molecules to come together and ultimately form the building blocks of life.

We can win this thing-- together.

How did everything fit together?

I was lucky to hide here at this Observatory, together with a fellow student, Hans Hubbenet.

Oort had to manage with a student of physics from Leiden, who started to try to put together a receiver.

The results of those first detections were published together.

Together with a technician from radio station Kootwijk we improved the existing scale-indicators.

In order to put together the first map of the Galaxy, Oort, the director of the Leiden Observatory, organised a crash-action.

Our task was to process the observations from Kootwijk, do some calculations and give the results to Van de Hulst so that he could put together a map.

We're going to Algeria together.

We studied together.

Christians and Muslims cannot live together unless one dominates the other.

They'll band together and defeat us again!

Rie put that together herself.

They might wonder why four grown men went on holiday together, saying they were going to Spain and actually ending up in Morocco.

They can't just shoot four blokes who just happened to go on holiday together.

Guys, come on, we should stay together, yeah?

Hey. What about if just me and him, we stick together?

You and me, we'll stay together, yeah?

They have a really great friendship, possibly more, so it's great to see them on-screen together. Lydia!

They're not meant to be together, they're not supposed to be together, but they are.

Lydia, we're not getting back together. What?

In the end, obviously, the Kanima brings them together, and they have a common enemy.

Because I know we're gonna be together.

You were together, weren't you?

Together with the Officers from the North, I have already received the training 5 months ago and received a high evaluation.

News and current affairs

Together with Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan he had to leave government in 1974 in the wake of the Yom Kippur War.

Today, such countries should join together to offer Iran (and others) a deal.

There is a world of difference between an association of nation states bound together by treaty, and a single entity, whether you call it a state or not, with its own legal personality, deriving its authority from its own constitution.

Together, governments, civil society, international organizations, and the private sector can improve the availability and quality of finance for development, and shape a better future for all.

The EU could act as a magnet to bring the region closer together by bringing the region as a whole closer to Europe.

It also requires a substantial reform of the monetary union's system of economic governance, aimed at restoring financial stability and lowering borrowing costs, together with a boost in external demand in order to compensate for the effects of austerity.

The prospect of a truly global community of nations working together to achieve the greater good for all is indeed exciting.

While this is a reasonable demand, the rest of the Middle East - and, indeed, much of the world, including Europe - regard the root cause of the conflict as Israeli intransigence and arrogance, together with America's blind support for it.

As the uprising against the Ceausescu regime broke out in December 1989 in Timisoara, Stanculescu (together with General Chitac) was dispatched to the city and ordered to suppress all demonstrations by any available means.

At the same time, the lack of structural reforms in emerging markets, together with their move towards greater state capitalism, is hampering growth and will reduce their resiliency.

By linking together, and putting their curricula online, the world's universities can become even more effective in discovering and promoting science-based solutions to complex problems.

LDP lawmakers and mandarins developed a routine in which mandarins drafted cabinet-sponsored bills, LDP lawmakers checked the bills, and the two together finalized legislative drafts before they were introduced to the Diet (parliament).

Only by working together can the two countries lead the world economy out of its current doldrums.

Now that many European nations have become increasingly mixed in terms of ethnicity and culture, the only way forward is to learn to live together.

As Burma's authorities test reform, these gifts, together with her negotiating skills and, most of all, her vast moral authority, will be tested as never before.

Neither event is earth shattering, but, taken together, these two steps mean that a new system of international justice is working.

The colonial powers' arbitrary demarcation of borders lumped together in one state diverse ethnic groups which may have been historical antagonists.

And a massive default, together with a very large sustained cut in the annual budget deficit, is, in fact, needed to restore Greek fiscal sustainability.

Countries must learn to work together to achieve these goals, few of which can be reached by going it alone.

Together, in peace with our neighbors, we can create a region of hope, development, and success.

Our global future depends on bringing these individual talents and universal rights together in common cause.

And it is Europe and America that are marching, alone and together, to the denouement of a grand debacle.

Implicit threats of a unilateral Israeli attack, together with conspicuous meddling in the US presidential election campaign, have compounded Netanyahu's effort to twist Obama's arm.

Yerevan - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's recent invitation to Turkish President Abdullah Gul to visit Yerevan to watch a football match together was historic.

The UN was created under rules designed to enable states of different political colors to live together.