Together (ISBN 0439796547) is a children’s book written by Dimitrea Tokunbo and illustrated by Jennifer Gwynne Oliver, published in 2005 by Scholastic Press. (Wikipedia) (See all definitions)
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Sentences with «together» (usage examples):
- I have heard it before in locker rooms and get togethers where men only are involved. (relevantmagazine.com)
- For example, a designated board member could invite large shareholders to periodic get togethers to air their thoughts and concerns. (fortune.com)
- But while moaning about meetings is emotionally satisfying, your hatred of regularly scheduled get togethers could very well be holding back your business, founder Peter Kazanjy argues in a recent, thought-provoking Medium post. (inc.com)
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«Some Munchkins came here a few days ago and matched a lot of people together,» said the kangaroo.
Quite near by she discovered and picked up a nose, and by matching the two pieces together found that they were part of a face.
Thus, to return to the stars, we can collect together either—
Like the different appearances of the table to a number of simultaneous observers, the different particulars that belong to one physical object are to be collected together by continuity and inherent laws of correlation, not by their supposed causal connection with an unknown assumed existent called a piece of matter, which would be a mere unnecessary metaphysical thing in itself.
They consulted together how they could destroy both him and his companions.
‘You must now make merry together, and eat and drink,’ and he led them into a room which had a floor of iron; the doors were also of iron, and the windows were barred with iron.
They were a bit wiggley, but secure enough if only the harness held together.
So the horse gave a groan, flopped its four wings all together, and flew away from the platform.
They are, too, often clumsy, wandering, and badly put together. But in spite of that there is much beauty in them, and some day I hope you will read them.
What should a young fellow like you do ashore for half a year together? If a man had not a wife, he soon wants to be afloat again.»
Several other singular rules could be given from Gartner: for instance, some species have a remarkable power of crossing with other species; other species of the same genus have a remarkable power of impressing their likeness on their hybrid offspring; but these two powers do not at all necessarily go together. There are certain hybrids which instead of having, as is usual, an intermediate character between their two parents, always closely resemble one of them; and such hybrids, though externally so like one of their pure parent-species, are with rare exceptions extremely sterile.
On the southern and south-eastern coasts there are some fine forests, but with these exceptions, the traveller may pass for days together through open plains, covered by a poor and scanty vegetation.
While Benjamin and the lawyer were still poring over the scattered morsels of the letter which had been first discovered, and trying to piece them together again, the chemist had divided the greater part of the fragments specially confided to him into two halves each; and had correctly put together some five or six sentences of the letter on the smooth sheet of cardboard prepared for that purpose.
They had added their strength together. But of the thirty families and the sixty men of us, we had had the strength of but one man, for each had fought alone.
«I cannot tell all that happened on that day, but I will tell of the last charge that we made together; it was across a valley right in front of the enemy’s cannon.
Adverb
They went to the party together.
They have been living together for eight years.
We enjoy spending time together.
The old friends were together again after many long years apart.
The partners have been in business together since 1971.
They gathered together to celebrate.
The presentation binds together several concepts.
The old fence was held together by chicken wire.
two sticks of dynamite bound together by tape
She got back together with her old boyfriend.
Adjective
He’s a very together person.
she’s one of the most together people I know
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Recent Examples on the Web
Louisville mourns Monday evening, people came together at churches throughout the city to remember the shooting victims.
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Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
The Morris family lived together in Kansas City and took a family trip to Arkansas in mid-March after Chuck finished up a tour with Lotus and Charley was on spring break from Ohio Wesleyan University, according to ABC News.
—Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News (tns), al, 12 Apr. 2023
The compliment marked a rare public interaction between the two, who have not been together romantically since late last year.
—Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
The Arizona Cardinals — or most of them anyway — were together on Tuesday for the first time since the end of last season for the start of Phase I of the team’s offseason strength and conditioning program.
—José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
The two were in Crazy Rich Asians together, where Yang’s Bernard threw Pang’s Colin a bachelor bacchanal aboard a cargo ship in international waters.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
The team came together under new head coach Joe Mazzulla and finished the regular season second in the Eastern Conference.
—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
Everything’s coming together!
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
The bureau is asking the public to keep an eye out for the jacket and breathing tank, which are together worth $10,000.
—oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
Cape Cod and upsized their together time.
—Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022
After seemingly making their relationship official with a joint outing to a UFC fight on a double date with Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox, Kourtney Kardashian and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker hit the slopes in Deer Valley, Utah, with their families for some together time.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2021
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are enjoying some together time in New York City.
—Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
The family has started spending more time in their backyard garden to relieve stress, and Klopp has used all the together time to teach her children how to be a little more responsible for their own belongings and space.
—Julia Pelly, Time, 2 Mar. 2021
That’s what the movie is kinda about — the women are the stronger, more together characters.
—Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2019
Bailey’s family has demanded that an independent prosecutor be appointed to review the shooting, Family attorneys argue that the police department, sheriff’s office and district attorney’s office work too closely together to be objective.
—Kathleen Foody, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2019
Representatives at these hearings often showboat, but the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee worked surprisingly well together Wednesday morning.
—Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 24 July 2019
The Spartans and Nitros have been busy throughout the summer putting together lineup combinations that will hopefully have them in line to contend for league titles next season.
—Charles Rich, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
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adverb
into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.
into or in union, proximity, contact, or collision, as two or more things: to sew things together.
into or in relationship, association, business, or agreement, etc., as two or more persons: to bring strangers together.
taken or considered collectively or conjointly: This one cost more than all the others together.
(of a single thing) into or in a condition of unity, compactness, or coherence: to squeeze a thing together;The argument does not hold together well.
at the same time; simultaneously: You cannot have both together.
without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly: for days together.
in cooperation; with united action; conjointly: to undertake a task together.
with mutual action; mutually; reciprocally: to confer together;to multiply two numbers together.
adjective
Slang. mentally and emotionally stable and well organized: a together person.
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Origin of together
First recorded before 900; late Middle English, variant of earlier togedere, togadere, Old English tōgædere; cognate with Old Frisian togadera; see origin at to, gather
words often confused with together
Words nearby together
toga, toga praetexta, togate, togated, toga virilis, together, togetherness, together with, togger, toggery, toggle
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Words related to together
closely, collectively, in tandem, jointly, simultaneously, unitedly, calm, cool, stable, well-adjusted, well-balanced, well-organized, as one, at one fell swoop, coincidentally, combined, commonly, concertedly, concomitantly, concurrently
How to use together in a sentence
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As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
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Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
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Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
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I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.
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Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.
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Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
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And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
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On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
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Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.
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There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
British Dictionary definitions for together
adverb
with cooperation and interchange between constituent elements, members, etcwe worked together
in or into contact or union with each otherto stick papers together
in or into one place or assembly; with each otherthe people are gathered together
at the same timewe left school together
considered collectively or jointlyall our wages put together couldn’t buy that car
continuouslyworking for eight hours together
closely, cohesively, or compactly united or heldwater will hold the dough together
mutually or reciprocallyto multiply 7 and 8 together
informal organizedto get things together
together with in addition to
adjective
slang self-possessed and well-organized; mentally and emotionally stableshe’s a very together lady
Word Origin for together
Old English tōgædre; related to Old Frisian togadera, Middle High German gater; see gather
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Other Idioms and Phrases with together
In addition to the idiom beginning with together
- together with
also see:
- get one’s act together
- get together
- go together
- hang together
- keep body and soul together
- knock together
- live together
- piece together
- pull oneself together
- pull together
- put our heads together
- put together
- put two and two together
- scare up (scrape together)
- stick together
- string together
- throw together
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