together

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   With each other; in one another's company.

   We went to the movies together.

2. 2
   adv

   So that things are joined, combined, or in one place.

   He put all the parts together.

3. 3
   adv

   At the same time.

   They both spoke together and no one could hear.

4. 4
   adv

   With cooperation; working as a group.

   We worked together on the project.

5. 5
   adj

   Calm, organized, and emotionally stable.

   She seems really together for someone so young.

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 ga…

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