together1 adverbtogether2 adjective
togetherto‧geth‧er1 /təˈɡeðə $ -ər/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 
WORD ORIGINtogether1
Origin:
Old English togædere, from to ‘to’ + gædere ‘together’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Each year the whole family spends Christmas together.
- For years, these people who are now at war lived together very peacefully.
- I glued the vase back together.
- I hope both countries can come together on this issue.
- I mailed both packages together.
- It rained for four days together.
- Nicola and I were at school together.
- Now add the numbers together to get the subtotal.
- Taken together, these measures should ensure a rapid return to financial stability.
- The Baltimore and Boston trains came in together.
- The Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches together make up the US government.
- The police and army worked together to track down the terrorists.
- The shampoo and conditioner should be used together for the best possible result.
- The two leaders chatted together for fifty-four minutes.
- There's no point in taking two cars - let's go together.
- They banged their heads together trying to catch the ball.
- They lived together during college.
- Three runners crossed the line together.
- We'd better stay together, or we might get lost.
- When you're slowing down, use the gears and the brakes together.
- Floggings went on anywhere or at any time during the Babel of different and vocal classes in session together.
- He folded together the last of the computer printouts and slipped them into a ziploc file bag.
- Members aged from five to fifty meet up to three times a week to practise their judo moves together.
- They were in their early twenties, were quietly efficient and worked well together.
- Those who feel threatened band together.
- We put together a team, leave a dim trail.
- Without these codes, the two columns run together.
Longman Language Activatorin the same place with another person
· Don't leave me alone with her.· "Where's Jill?" "I don't know, I thought she was with you."· I try to make sure I have a couple of hours to spend with David every evening.· We live with my parents-in-law.· At the moment, she's in a meeting with the President.arrive/leave/go out etc with somebody · Lindsay arrived with her husband but left by herself.· I saw Rick go out of the building with Susan.
· Nicola and I were at school together.· Each year the whole family spends Christmas together.· For years, these people who are now at war lived together very peacefully.· We'd better stay together, or we might get lost.
to go to the place where someone else is, in order to be with them or do something with them: · We're sitting over there. Why don't you join us?· Her parents are going to Paris next week and she will join them later.
to be with someone, especially when this person's presence gives you support or protection: · Children under fourteen must be accompanied by an adult.· Wherever she goes she has to be accompanied by a bodyguard.· The Prince, accompanied by the Princess, spoke to many of the disaster victims in the hospital.
the presence of another person or other people, that gives you someone to talk to and stops you feeling lonely: · I was grateful for Jean's company on the long journey up to Edinburgh.have (some) company: · "Do you mind if I join you?" "No of course not, it's nice to have some company."do something for the company: · I go to French evening classes, for the company as much as for the French.miss somebody's company: · Now that she's gone, I really miss her company.
when you are with a particular person: · I always feel very relaxed in Nick's company.in the company of somebody: · Many people are uneasy in the company of strangers.
if you are in someone's presence , especially someone important or famous, you are with them or in the same place as them: · What was it like to be actually in the Queen's presence?in the presence of somebody: · I could think of very little to say in the presence of so many important people.
if people live side by side , they live together peacefully even though there are big differences between them: · It was a great experience - people from so many very different backgrounds living side by side.· The Muslim residents say they are ready and willing to live side by side with their neighbors again.
doing something with another person/group etc · My family and I went camping in the mountains with some old friends of ours. · I'd like you to work with the person sitting beside you and see if we can come up with some new ideas,
· There's no point in taking two cars - let's go together.· The police and army worked together to track down the terrorists.
if two groups work or fight side by side , they work closely together to achieve something, even though there may be big differences between them: · It was a strange situation with Washington, Pretoria and Peking fighting side by side.side by side with: · Soldiers worked side by side with civilians to rebuild the city.
if people do something collectively , they do it by working together as equal members of an organized group: · The team collectively must decide what resources they need and how they are to be used.· Individually, people have little power, but collectively they can be more influential.
: jointly managed/owned/published/funded etc by somebody managed, owned etc by two or more people or organizations working together equally: · The business is jointly owned and run by six TV companies.· It was a major research project, jointly funded by the university and the Health Department.
if something is done by one organization or group of people in conjunction with another organization or group, it is done by both of them working together: · The exhibition is sponsored by the Arts Council in conjunction with British Airways.· Stenmann is working in conjunction with leading scientists and has invested $5 million in the scheme.
if people, organizations, or countries work in partnership with each other, they work together to do something important or useful: · The city council is working in partnership with local businesses to build new sports facilities in the area.
if you work on a plan or do something in collaboration with another person or organization, you work very closely with them in order to achieve it: · I wrote the article in collaboration with a number of my colleagues.· This course has been developed in collaboration with major professional bodies involved in the financial services sector.
if one group of people stands or fights shoulder to shoulder with another group of people, they support them or fight together with them against an enemy: · British soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder with American and French troops.· Mitterrand, although a socialist, stood shoulder to shoulder with the NATO allies during the challenges of the early 1980s.
when people do something together in a dishonest way if someone is in league with a group of people, they are secretly planning and working with them in order to do something dishonest or illegal: · Anyone suspected of being in league with the rebels was arrested.· There was a suggestion that the authorities were in league with the drug dealers.
if one group of people is in collusion with another group, they are all working secretly together to do something dishonest: · Some of the police force were working in collusion with the Mafia.· Journalists suspected that the army was acting in collusion with the terrorists.
working secretly and closely with another person or group in order to do something dishonest or cheat someone: · Assassins, in cahoots with the army, were sent to kill two top members of the parliament.· By the middle of the book we've learned that the church and the local politicians are in cahoots to try to slow Sonja's research.
British if one organization is hand in glove with another organization, they work together very closely in order to do something dishonest, or dishonestly get power: · The politicians are hand in glove with the military, everyone knows that.
to work together · We can only succeed if we all work together as a team.work together to do something · Both sides are going to have to work together to find other ways of settling their differences.
also co-operate British if two people or groups cooperate with each other, they work together and help each other in order to achieve something that will be good for both of them: cooperate with: · The president said that Mexico would continue to cooperate with the US in the fight against drugs.cooperate to do something: · Aid agencies and UN forces are cooperating to get food supplies to the people who need them.cooperate closely (=help each other as much as possible): · Finance ministers and central bankers agreed to cooperate closely to sustain the strength of the pound.cooperate in/on: · Traditionally management has called upon workers to cooperate in increasing productivity.
to work together, especially on a specific piece of scientific, artistic, or industrial work: collaborate to do something: · Researchers in Stanford and Princeton collaborated to manufacture a completely new waterproof textile.collaborate with: · Hewlett Packard collaborated with Nokia to produce the palmtop-telephone.collaborate on/in: · Fellini collaborated with Rossellini on the script of the film.· Educators and employers need to collaborate in preparing the next generation for employment and adulthood.
someone who does something with someone else someone who takes part in a sport or game, or a business or social activity with you: · Have you got a partner for the dance on Saturday?· The firm was so successful that she took on a partner.· We called a meeting with Russco, our partners in the construction project.a business/trading partner: · Manson and I were business partners, but not friends.a marriage/sexual partner: · People who have many sexual partners are more at risk from AIDS.be partners: · Let's have a game of cards -- you and Frank can be partners.
: fellow passenger/worker/student etc someone who is travelling, working, studying etc with you: · The accident happened when Roland was walking home with fellow student Karl Xavier.· Toni's views on the Kyoto Treaty were echoed by her fellow workers.
someone that you spend a lot of time with, especially someone that provides friendship or conversation while you are doing something, for example travelling: · Mum and Dad didn't seem to approve much of my new companions.· He left the major part of his £60 million fortune to his close friend and companion, Jerry Edwards.a drinking/travelling etc companion: · Ed is a great travelling companion - funny and sensible at the same time.
informal someone who spends a lot of time with another person, and is usually less important or powerful than them: · Tom and his sidekick Larry sauntered into the bar, plainly looking for a fight.· Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson
someone who helps another person to commit a crime: · After the robbery, the men escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice.accomplice in: · Two other boys were accused of being accomplices in the attack.
done by people working together a joint decision, statement, effort, report etc is made by people or groups working together, not by just one of them: · We both wanted to move to Canada - it was a joint decision.· a joint declaration by Israeli and Palestinian leadersa joint effort: · "Did you cook the dinner, Jane?" "No, it was a joint effort."
combined actions are done by people or groups who try to do something together which they could not do alone: · The combined efforts of four police officers and two paramedics were needed to lift the driver from the wreckage.· It was a combined operation involving troops from the US and Europe.
a collective decision, action, or agreement is made by everyone in a group or organization, not by just one or two of its members: · A jury's verdict is the result of a collective agreement.· Kerry called the labor laws "a legitimate collective effort to protect our children" and said he supported them.collective responsibility (for something) (=when everyone in a group shares responsibility for its decisions and actions): · The bureau was without a manager for some time, so the staff took collective responsibility for all the tasks.
use this about an activity that involves people working together, especially in order to achieve something that will bring an advantage to both of them: a collaborative effort: · A manager's main task is to coordinate the collaborative efforts of a number of people.collaborative project/research/venture etc: · The new system was the product of a collaborative project between Apple and IBM.· a collaborative youth training program involving several businesses
people or groups who work together a relationship between people or groups working closely together: · The song-writing partnership has been very productive.partnership between: · Crime prevention is most effective when it is a partnership between the police and the public.form a partnership: · Elliot and Elver decided to form a partnership and launch their own business.
an arrangement involving two or more different groups or countries to work together to oppose an enemy, to do business, or to work together for something that they both believe in: · NATO is a formal military alliance with America at its head.enter into an alliance/form an alliance: · The two countries entered into a defensive alliance.· Apple and online service provider America Online formed an alliance.
to be together again after being separated to be together again after being separated, used especially about couples who have started a romantic relationship again: · Did you know that Denise and Jonathon are back together?· It's so nice to have all the family back together again.be back together with: · I'm back together with Johnny now and things are going pretty well.get back together: · Jack wants to get back together, but I've really had enough.
to be brought together again with someone that you lost or were unable to see for a long time, especially when someone helps you to be with them again: · After 50 years apart, the twin sisters were eventually reunited.be reunited with: · In the early hours of this morning, the hostages were reunited with their families at Point Reach airbase.
with another thing or other things · I've put our passports in your handbag with the travellers cheques.· I hope you haven't thrown that letter out with the garbage!· a traditional Christmas dinner of roast turkey with all the trimmings
together in the same place, or added together , not separately: · Mix the butter and the sugar together.· That skirt and jacket look really good together.· Together these two paintings are worth more than $10,000.
in the same place as another thing or other things: · I keep my insurance policy in the top drawer, along with my other important documents.· Put it over there along with the other presents.
if something that you buy comes with something else, it is sold with an additional object that is included in the price: · Every new camera comes with a leather case and free film.· All the main courses come with salad and chips.· We have 5000 log cabins to rent. All come with their own private sauna.
an accompanying book, document etc, is one that you get together with something that you buy, and which gives you more information about it: accompanying booklet/volume/letter etc: · The video recorder has an accompanying booklet which contains full instructions.· Each coursebook has an accompanying workbook for grammar practice.
when something is used together with something else · The shampoo and conditioner should be used together for the best possible result.· When you're slowing down, use the gears and the brakes together.
also along with American · A sensible diet along with regular exercise is the best way to lose weight.· I love Italian food, together with a good bottle of red wine.
if a treatment, method, drug etc is combined with another, it is used with it because this will have the most effect: · Small children need firmness combined with loving care.· The standard treatment is surgery, often combined with radiation.
if two or more things or methods are used in combination , they are used together at the same time, in order to achieve a particular effect: · The drug company recommended using Losec in combination with antibiotics for the treatment of ulcers.in combination with: · The flavor of paprika, in combination with sour cream, is used in many Eastern European cuisines.
if one thing is used in conjunction with another, it is used with it, in order to help you do something more easily: · Learners will benefit from using the book in conjunction with the video.· The file viewing functions can be used in conjunction with file manager.
different types of things, methods, ideas etc that are used or exist alongside each other, are being used together or exist together at the same time: · The new advertisement will be broadcast alongside AMV's two existing commercials during prime time viewing.· Only the island of Bali preserved, alongside its own traditions, the Brahman heritage of those ancient times.
different machines, methods, ideas etc that are compatible can exist together or be used together without producing problems: · Certain kinds of drug are not compatible and should never be taken together.· The two businesses have compatible aims, and a merger would be to everyone's advantage.compatible with: · Unfortunately he bought a printer that was not compatible with his computer.
several different things or people considered together · The Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches together make up the US government.taken together (=considered as a group) · Taken together, these measures should ensure a rapid return to financial stability.
· Collectively, these studies showed a clear link between smoking and cancer.collectively called/collectively known as/collectively referred to as etc · Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands are collectively known as the "Benelux' countries.· These substances are referred to collectively as ketone bodies.
what you say when you want someone to clap spoken if people give a performer a big hand , they clap at the end of their performance, to encourage them and to show their approval - use this especially to ask people to do this: · Let's give young Suzy a big hand for the marvellous dancing display!
spoken informal use this to tell people to clap in order to show that they have enjoyed something, or approve of someone: · Come on everyone, let's give it up for Tom Jones!
spoken use this to tell people to clap to show their approval for someone who is being introduced or a performance: · Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together and give a warm welcome to Ricardo Montalban!
to talk about something with someone to talk about and exchange ideas about something in order to come to an agreement, understand it better, or to make plans: · The two families got together to discuss the wedding arrangements.· The report will be discussed at next week's meeting.discuss something with somebody: · Don't make any plans yet - I want to discuss this with Jamie first.discuss what/how/where etc: · We need to discuss what kind of food we want at the party.
· I think we need to talk.talk about · If you have a problem at school, sit down and talk about it with your parents.talk to · Gerry wants to talk to his girlfriend before he makes a decision.talk with American · If you need more money you should talk with Richard.
to talk to someone about all the details of a serious problem or difficult situation, in order to understand it better: talk something/it over: · If you're worried about your work, come and see me and we'll talk it over.talk over something: · The girls were talking over the events of the day.talk something over with somebody: · It's often useful to talk things over with a trained counsellor.
to discuss different possible choices of what to do before choosing the best one: · We were debating the best way to reach the river, when a passing ranger kindly pointed it out.debate where/what/whether etc: · We debated whether to fly or go by train, finally deciding on the train.· They had already debated where to go on vacation, Yosemite or Lake Tahoe.
informal to discuss an idea with a group of people in order to decide whether it is good or not: · These meetings are useful for kicking around preliminary ideas.· Academics have been kicking around the idea for three decades.
informal if two or more people put their heads together , they discuss something together in order to solve a problem: · We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.put your heads together to do something: · 150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.
to settle a disagreement or difficult situation by talking to the person involved, especially when you are angry with them: · We've had it out and I've told John exactly what I think.have it out with: · I've a good mind to have it out with him here and now.
when things are joined together · About 100 million years ago South America was joined to Africa.· The twins were joined together at birth and had to be separated in a very delicate operation.
to make something quickly using whatever materials you have informal to make something quickly and without using much effort: knock off/up something: · She was always good on the sewing machine. She could knock off an outfit in two hours.knock somebody up something British: · I could knock you up a couple of poached eggs.
to make something quickly and not very carefully, especially because you are in a hurry: throw together something: · Sheryl had thrown together his costume somewhat haphazardly.throw something together: · We had 15 minutes to throw lunch together, eat, and get changed.
to quickly make something such as a piece of equipment that you only need for a short time, using various materials that you have available: rig up something: · You don't have blinds or curtains so you'll need to rig up something to shut out the sunlight.rig something up: · Can you rig a gate up to stop the dog getting into my room?· There's a shower rigged up at the back of the cabin.
to quickly and roughly make something by hand, using a few simple materials: cobble together something: · She cobbled together a tent from a few pieces of string and a sheet.cobble something together into something: · We were always searching for bits of junk we could cobble together into something artistic.
British to quickly make a piece of clothing or some curtains, especially using a sewing machine: · There's a woman at the end of our street who will run up some curtains for me.· "I like your dress." "Oh, thank you. It's just something I ran up last night."
to make something using whatever you have available, when you do not have the correct materials: · They had improvised an alarm, using string and empty cans.improvise something out of something: · I improvised a sling for his arm out of a strip of cloth.
made using any materials or objects that are available at the time in order to be used only for a short time: · Using an old tree-trunk as a makeshift table, we ate our picnic.· When we reached the river we found that the makeshift bridge had been swept away.· They rigged up the canvas boat-cover as a makeshift sail.
to meet someone who you have arranged to meet to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to see them: · I'll meet you outside the theatre at 7 o'clock.· The two leaders are scheduled to meet again next month to continue the peace talks.· I used to meet her every week to discuss my work.· Meet me back here in half an hour - I just need to finish up a couple of things.meet for lunch/coffee/a drink etc: · Let's meet for lunch one day next week.
especially American to meet someone in order to discuss something: · She's flying to New York tomorrow to meet with her agent.· The board of directors is meeting with representatives of the union tomorrow.· Supervisors should meet with their employees at least every other week to share information.
informal if friends meet up or get together , they meet in order to do something together, for example to have a meal or a drink: · Let's meet up after work.· The past few years, our family has only gotten together at Christmas.meet up/get together with: · I usually meet up with my friends on a Friday night and go for a drink.meet up/get together for lunch/coffee/a drink: · We must get together for lunch some time.
to have an arranged meeting with someone: · Dr Thomas is seeing a client at 2:30.· I don't think I can see you this afternoon. How about tomorrow?see somebody about something (=see someone to discuss something): · "I've come to see Mr. Greene about a job," he said nervously.
informal to meet someone in order to do something together socially, for example have a drink, go to a party etc: · We hooked up for lunch at Toscana in Brentwood.hook up with: · Matt and I went out for a drink and hooked up with Janet later on.
to mix ideas, feelings, styles etc to have different qualities or feelings at the same time, or to do very different activities at the same time: combine something with something: · This is a computer system that combines maximum flexibility with absolute accuracy.combine something and something: · He designed the first great suspension bridge, an idea that combines beauty and function perfectly.
to contain different features or ideas, mixed together: · Her work is a mixture of classical and modern styles.· Billy's voice was a mixture of apprehension and indignation.
if you bring together two or more elements, ideas, or characteristics, you mix them so that they can be seen at the same time: · It is a marvellous book, which brings together all the necessary elements of romance and adventure.· These opposing views should be brought together in a single paragraph, to form the conclusion to your essay.
if a piece of work, a film, a book etc blends two or more features or characteristics, it mixes them successfully: blend something and something: · The ballet company's repertoire blends tradition and creative innovation.blend something with something: · Her first novel successfully blends a sense of innocence with overwhelming bitterness.
to show two very different characteristics or feelings at the same time, mixing them together: · Heraklion mingles traditional charm with a bustling centre of pavement cafes and shops.mingle something with something: · Mingling genuine news with gossip, she made a lively companion.
to combine or join two things together to form one thing: merge something with something: · The library profession is merging new techniques with old to produce an unbeatable combination of management skills.
when different things do not mix well if two different kinds of behaviour or activity do not mix , you cannot successfully continue with both of them at the same time: · People having affairs at work often find that business and romance don't mix.do not mix with: · Heavy drinking does not mix with a successful family life.
if two things or people are incompatible , they cannot easily exist together, work together, or live together: · The centre gives advice to women who find the demands of marriage and work incompatible.· After we got married, we realized we were completely incompatible.incompatible with: · These computers are incompatible with our present system.
if two ideas, characteristics etc do not go well together , they do not mix easily or well: · In the experience of many European countries, socialism and religion do not go well together.
someone who organizes their work, life etc badly · Graham's far too disorganized to be a good teacher.· I'm sorry I'm so disorganized - I just haven't had time to get everything ready.completely/hopelessly disorganized · It's no use asking her to do anything - she's completely disorganized.
especially spoken use this to say that someone does not organize their work, life etc very well. Not very organized is not as strong as disorganized .: · He's a nice guy, but he's not very organized and he forgets a lot of things.· I'm not a very organized person - maybe you should ask somebody else to make the arrangements.
informal use this about someone who has not organized their work, life etc in a sensible way and therefore has been unable to be successful: · He hasn't got it together enough to go out and get a job.· Kim has to do all the wedding planning, because her fiancé just doesn't have it together.
when one thing sticks to another if something sticks to something else, it becomes joined to it when it touches it, because it has glue or a sticky substance on it: · She pressed down the flap of the envelope, but it didn't stick.stick to: · Peter was very hot, and his shirt was sticking to his back.
if two or more things stick together , they stick to each other because they have a sticky substance on them: · I spilled coffee on my book and some of the pages stuck together.· The chocolates are covered with powdered sugar to keep them from sticking together.
to stick to something firmly and without slipping, by pushing against it - used especially about tyres or shoes: · The car has wide tyres which grip the road really well.
formal to become stuck to a surface or to another object: · Peeling paint must be scraped away so that new paint will adhere.adhere to: · The machine is cleaned regularly to stop dirt adhering to the working parts.· Edam cheeses have waxed coatings which adhere tightly to the cheese.
to look good with something else · I'm not sure that those earrings will go with your dress.· That jacket will go really well with your blue skirt.· I love that pale blue wallpaper, but I don't think it would go with the carpet.
if two things go together , they look good when they are worn or seen with each other: · That jacket and skirt don't really go together.· It's funny but the yellow walls and the black floor actually go together quite well.
if something matches something else, or if two things match , they look good together because they are similar in colour or style: · She was wearing black high-heeled shoes that matched her skirt and jacket.· In the lounge everything matched; the curtains, the sofa, the carpet and the cushions.· I'm looking for a rug to match my bedroom curtains.handbag/hat/shoes to match (=that match): · For every outfit, Stephanie seemed to have a handbag and shoes to match.
matching pieces of clothing, furniture etc are similar to each other in colour or style and so look good together: · Emily was wearing a dark green skirt and matching blouse.· In the kitchen was a rustic oak table and six matching chairs.
formal if a piece of clothing or a colour complements something, it makes it look more attractive: · A simple string of pearls will complement any outfit.· Soft, creamy bed linen adds a luxurious touch and complements any colour scheme.· She looked beautiful -- the white silk of her blouse complemented her olive skin perfectly.
if one thing sets off another thing, it makes it look more attractive and noticeable, for example by being different in colour or style: set off something: · The brass rail sets off the wooden panelling very nicely.set something off: · It's a lovely dress, and a brightly coloured silk scarf will set it off perfectly.
if something blends in with the things around it, it looks good with them because it has a similar colour or pattern to theirs and does not look very different from them: · The colour's perfect for our bedroom - it should blend in very nicely.blend in with: · I'm looking for some pale green curtains that will blend in with the walls.· Choose plants that will blend in with the existing garden scheme.
to not look good with something else if two things do not match , they are not the same colour or style and so do not look attractive together: · That tie doesn't match your shirt.· I felt slightly out of place, and was conscious that my jacket and trousers didn't quite match.
if one thing does not go with another, or if two things do not go together , they do not look attractive next to each other: · That shirt doesn't go with your blue trousers.· Pink and purple don't usually go very well together.
if two things clash , they look very bad when they are worn or seen together because they are completely different in style, colour etc: · Choose bright colors, but make sure they don't clash.clash with: · That scarf clashes terribly with her green coat.· I can't wear red - it clashes with my hair.
at the same time · Charlie and I arrived at the same time.· Are you supposed to press these two buttons at the same time?· We've launched an appeal, and at the same time we are sending out supplies, shelters, and blankets.at the same time as · His wife had a baby at the same time as Elaine.· You must have been at Harvard at the same time as I was.all at the same time (=when you do several things at the same time) · So you want to talk to them, identify that they are a candidate, and then give them the test all at the same time?
if two or more people or things do the same thing together , they do it at the same time and usually in the same place: · The Baltimore and Boston trains came in together.· Three runners crossed the line together.
if two or more things happen at once , they happen at the same time and this is annoying or causes problems: · I can't understand what you're saying when you both talk at once.· You're trying to do too many things at once.· Anyone know the answer? Don't all shout at once, put your hand up.all at once: · You can't have three weeks' holiday all at once, you'll have to take them separately.
if someone does two or more things at one time , they do them at the same time, especially if this is difficult or impressive: · This word processor allows you to work with two documents at one time.· There aren't many places around here where you can cater for fifty or so people at one time.· You feel like you are going in twelve different directions at one time.all at one time: · See, I can lock the doors all at one time.
if two or more things happen simultaneously , they happen at exactly the same time: · The system can simultaneously search up to 16 databases.· People can't write and listen simultaneously.· Video-conferencing enables us to address audiences all over the nation simultaneously.
to make people, organizations, or countries unite · President Clinton's rousing speech united the Democrats.· What united the two groups was their hatred of fascism in all its forms.· She and Picasso had always been friends, but now they shared a secret that united them even more.
if an event or a situation brings people together , it makes them have a closer, more friendly relationship with each other: bring somebody together: · What was it that first brought you two together? Your love of music?· In South Africa, cricket has been the one sport that has brought people together.
to persuade or encourage people to unite in order to fight for or against something: rally support/opposition: · The main effect of the new tax was to rally opposition to the government.· Recent news reports on the situation in the capital have helped rally support for the war.rally somebody: · Churchill's stirring speeches helped rally his countrymen to fight against the enemy.
to make two or more organizations join together, for example colleges, unions, or hospitals, in order to make a single one: · Worries have been expressed about the current trend of amalgamating sales teams.amalgamate something into something: · The 55 army battalions would be amalgamated into 23 units.
to make two companies or organizations join together to form a single one: · There are plans to merge the two most successful TV channels.merge something with something: · He wanted to merge his company with a South African mining firm.
to join together with other people, organizations, or countries especially written if people, organizations, or countries unite , they start working together or join together as a single unit, for example because they have the same aims as each other: unite to do something: · In 1960, British and Italian Somaliland united to form Somalia.· Various political and religions groups united to oppose the dictatorship.unite against: · Police chiefs called on the local people to unite against the drug dealers.unite behind: · a speech in which he asked America to unite behind the new President
if two or more people team up , they agree to work together, especially in business, music, or theatre: team up with: · I teamed up with a local journalist, and we worked on the story together.team up to do something: · It all started when Paul McCartney and John Lennon teamed up to form a band.
if people or organizations get together , they join together in order to do something, especially in an informal way: · Designers from both countries got together and held a joint exhibition.get together to do something: · The whole family needs to get together to decide what to do about the trip.
to join together and work very closely together so that you succeed in achieving the result you want: combine to do something: · The opposition parties combined to drive the Prime Minister out of office.combine with: · Members of the radical Right combined with communists in holding an illegal meeting.
if people or organizations join forces , they join together in order to work together or to fight against an enemy: join forces to do something: · The two manufacturers, who were once bitter rivals, have now joined forces to develop a new sports car.join forces with: · The socialists hope to join forces with the communists to fight the next election.
if people or organizations come together , especially ones who usually disagree or compete with each other, they join together in order to do something: · Women from the different organizations have been able to come together and agree on certain basic principles about what they, as women, are fighting for. come together to do something: · The Conference called on everyone to come together to resist the government's planned educational reforms.
if two or more organizations amalgamate , for example colleges, unions, or hospitals, they join together to form a single organization: · The two schools amalgamated in 1974.amalgamate with: · The women's association has amalgamated with the men's.amalgamate into: · A and B squadrons amalgamated into a single squadron.
if two companies or organizations merge , they join together to form a single company or organization: · The two banks have announced plans to merge next year.merge with: · In 1969, Cadbury merged with Schweppes, changing the whole character of the company.
when people unite if the people in a group pull together , they all work together to deal with a difficult situation: · In Japan in the 50s and 60s, the government, bankers and workers all pulled together and brought about what we now call "the economic miracle'.pull together to do something: · Parents, teachers, and students should all pull together to tackle the school's drugs problem.
if a group of people stand together , they unite and deal with a difficult or dangerous situation as a group: · We must all stand together on this one. I don't want anybody quitting or saying they don't want to get involved.· Somehow they stood together and kept the business going in spite of all that was going on.
informal if two or more people stick together , they continue to support each other even when there are problems or difficulties: · It is important for families to stick together.· We should be able to get out of this mess, provided we stick together.
if people who belong to a group or organization close ranks , they join together to protect each other, especially when the group or its members are being criticized or attacked: · When she applied for promotion, the male managers all closed ranks and made sure she didn't get it.· President Nixon's staff were instructed to close ranks in response to the Watergate arrests.
if a group of people are united, they support each other or are working together in a difficult situation: · Organisers want the conference to show that the party is united as never before.be united in: · The Council is united in its resolve to maintain and develop standards of professional management.
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We’ve very much enjoyed working together. He took the engine apart and then put it back together again. A lot of people live together before getting married. Sometimes I don’t know what keeps us together. The Conference called on all good men to come together to resist socialism. He said that the main purpose of the Baha'i faith was to bring people together. My wife and I like to spend time alone together away from the kids. She stood with her hands clasped tightly together. a stack of bills clipped together They were sitting close together on the couch. The prisoners were herded together. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He rubbed his hands together with embarrassment. All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots). countries that have stood together (=stayed united) in times of crisis Then, families stuck together through thick and thin.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
We’ve very much enjoyed working together. He took the engine apart and then put it back together again. A lot of people live together before getting married. Sometimes I don’t know what keeps us together. The Conference called on all good men to come together to resist socialism. He said that the main purpose of the Baha'i faith was to bring people together. (=used to tell a group of people to all say or do something at the same time) Right men. All together now ... push!
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Right men. All together now ... push! My wife and I like to spend time alone together away from the kids. She stood with her hands clasped tightly together. a stack of bills clipped together They were sitting close together on the couch. (=find out what actually happened in a situation)· The police are still piecing together the facts.
The prisoners were herded together. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant.· Add the two numbers together and divide by three.
He rubbed his hands together with embarrassment. All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots). countries that have stood together (=stayed united) in times of crisis Then, families stuck together through thick and thin.· The two experimental set-ups were different, incompatible, and so could not act together.· That's why I think it could be a group of them acting together.· It had been unthinkable that either one of them could be ignored, much less the two acting together.· Fifthly, the periodic meetings of Great Powers which together acted as self-appointed guarantors of international law and order.· The strong impression I had was of a people who acted together because of a preconceived plan: a people programmed.· Ducal servants from all areas acted together.· Compassion is feeling and acting together.
· Superposition is of the essence of waves, which can be added together to reinforce or cancel each other out.· Turnover has to be calculated by adding together the respective turnovers of all parent and subsidiary companies.· Let us consider again the problem of adding together N values held in store locations 100, 101, 102, and so on.· Your income will be added together and any benefit entitlement will be split equally between you.· For this purpose the state pension and your earnings are added together, but the tax is deducted from your earnings.· Nylon cord: To calculate the amount, add together the width of the blind plus four times the length.· Many different component causes can add together to produce a particular outcome, a process known as multiple causality.· Both companies, however, carelessly add together the money costs of fixed assets they acquired in different years.
· So desperate has the situation become that 18 estates have banded together and called in Dave Dunn.· Some of the storekeepers had banded together to hire their own detective force; so had the railroads and hotels.· They feel that they can band together with others in a kind of joint enterprise to beat the disease.· To survive in the managed care environment, virtually all hospitals are banding together to increase their efficiency and keep costs competitive.· Fortunately a small group of folk banded together determined to save the bird and the rescue operation began.· They were forced to band together because the city was doing nothing for them.· Those who feel threatened band together.
· We are bound together by a common heritage of faith and culture.· The boats are made mostly of rice straw, woven and bound together.· The two sentences are bound together by a cohesive tie.· They are bound together by common ancestry, a shared history, and a common cultural heritage, along with religion.· Both camps have long been bound together by a shared interest in the punter's pound.· In other words, Ahab fails to realize that good and evil are inextricably bound together and can not be separated.· Because we are bound together, although he doesn't see it that way, by our interest in Belinda.· Like a couple of convicts bound together by a ball and chain, neither could betray the other without exposing himself.
· Each had a board of civil servants to bring together local representatives of central departments related to economic development.· Jeanne Tripplehorn pairs with Dylan McDermott in this comedy about a ridiculous romantic and an utter realist brought together by destiny.· Most of these bring together major property players, looking for quick wins through their bulk-buying power.· The Surrealists had exposed and challenged some of the prevailing conditions by bringing together contemporary work with objects from earlier cultures.· To coordinate this work, the existing nuclei of these parties must be brought together in an international organization.· Elders, clan leaders and commanders were brought together by the council of churches.· A symbol suggests ideas, it brings together different concepts and perceptions.
· The hedges are small trees that were planted very close together.· Cbin in hand, feet close together, there was something coy and flirty about her.· These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together.· The rebel musketry fire was pouring... upon our men, who were closing together and rallying under the attack.· The eyes were very close together.· Short wavelengths, sent out in a beam, could also resolve small targets close together, such as aircraft in formation.· Small intervals close together are pooled.· Without knowing it, they have drawn quite close together.
· He has total control over the broadcasting media and the government that he laboriously cobbled together over an eight-month period.· You must cobble together whatever both / and hybrid design will get the job done. 2.· There is a bicycle built from bits of old sports equipment and a harp cobbled together from instruments.· It is not that difficult to cobble together a budget that could at least appear to be balanced within five years.· She cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it, trying to remove the more ostentatious signs of plagiarism.· The Wisconsin experiment proved one could cobble together a fair approximation of a prairie.· The politicians who cobbled together the convention's proposals still call themselves Unionists.· They cobbled together their economic theories, then, while straddling the secular and the sacred.
· Where these factors come together a management buy-out is possible.· My father always said that the child and the worst storm of winter came together.· WHETHER or not the two Germanies are coming together too quickly, their cars certainly are.· I think the marathon and altitude training came together finally.· Now the emphasis is on families and communities, and everyone comes together for the feeding of the 30,000.· Now their romantic urgings and formal ambitions have come together in an expansive exploration of the universe.· And soon it all began to come together in the most wonderful way.· By June 1950 a series of desperate needs had come together.
· The family drew together to help each other, and most of them had additional sources of comfort.· And in battle, you are all drawn together.· But it was the first time these five principles had been drawn together and proclaimed specifically for the Gulf.· An incident occurred during one session when the children were drawing together.· We can return to these questions now, and draw together the strands of the preceding argument.· Nevertheless, these volumes have drawn together many little-known areas of social insect and spider biology in lucid accounts.· In March, Emap Digital was formed into a separate division drawing together Emap's established internet presence in one focused organisation.· This team draws together researchers with experience in economic and social demography with epidemiology and statistics.
· This description was entirely correct, but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together.· The world and I fit together so well!· A Youngman protégé could take over the old boy's lecturing responsibilities and everything would fit together rather nicely.· But it can be an interesting team, an entertaining team when the parts fit together like Thursday night.· But somehow, he thought, the lanky, lively lad and the small, dull-looking lass fitted together in friendship.· To understand how all these three fit together, see Fig. 3. 7.· The two fitted together even in the way the day took them.· Systematic implies that the steps which are taken to meet objectives should fit together as a cohesive whole.
· You will then need to gather together the necessary things to make an application.· They would gather together, without husbands, would-be husbands, or bring-home work.· When you have gathered together as much information as possible you set about defining your client's image.· Nevertheless, the key idea is of grouping and gathering together.· Dempster represents the biter-bit brigade, being a fairly constant topic whenever journos gather together.· Kings and sheep and whinnying horses and Serving maids and beggar boys gathered together in the frosty imagined night.· They have therefore gathered together an impressive group of sixteen experts and devised cast-iron vetting rules.· This is the first time the family has gathered together in a year, and she wants them all to get along.
· I got together a bit of money - and there I was, on to the next part of the journey.· When children get together, they watch television or play together.· First you get together a batch of questions to be answered which supposedly measure intelligence or knowledge of some particular subject.· Sal Baldenegro and I ought to get together again and sing a bunch of corridos.· And one way and another he got together, in most weeks, as much spending money as a young working miner.· You have to get together and say it and then you hope that both sides come to their senses, I suppose.· Presumably her absence is itself a status display: you have to be really important to skip this little get together.· Analysis Have the students get together in groups of four and compare their data sheets.
· If individuals of similar income were grouped together, the outcome might be unstable.· A powerful outside conqueror can hold antithetical groups together.· Non-fiction books are grouped together by subject.· Your reference materials should be sorted out and grouped together around each subheading within the proposal outline.· Artists who group together for financial reasons may choose a name which is no more explanatory than a number or numbers.· Here and there the anti-Fascists were grouped together and running fights broke out with the Blackshirts.· Can they be grouped together under titles?· These business units are grouped together into divisions which represent areas of similar business interest.
· She did things which were deeply unpopular to a large section of the political community which she was striving to hold together.· The lemon should be held together at both ends.· As long as it has a cover and is held together by staples, that's alright with you.· The cans are held together by plastic, and you can see the red and white labels.· Cut the loaf into about 12 slices, making sure that it still holds together at the base. 2.· Add more water if mixture seems dry; dough should just hold together in large lumps.· They were going to undo the spells that held together the vortex and bring back Chaos to the world.· Despite many stresses and strains, it held together to the end, a great achievement.
· The Springboks team, led by Joost van der Westhuizen, huddled together and prayed.· They huddled together in twos and threes, with the pretty little church standing back about half way down the village.· The old men, terrified, bewildered, huddled together.· A knot of figures were huddled together on the walkway.· They huddle together or hide under a rock.· No-one had noticed that while they huddled together the armour-plating had rusted away.· Sometimes they were in heaps because they had huddled together, and some were scattered all along.
· As a result some of the hill farms are being joined together - amalgamated - and farm labourers are becoming unemployed.· This determines how the pieces of steel meeting at that connection are joined together.· The map sections should be joined together without the seams being visible.· Aubrey and Maturin do not join together at sea until Page 147.· After the visits, guests and Faculty members will join together for a buffet supper.· In the figure of the bandit Joaquin Murieta, Californians of all races joined together to create a fable of payback.· A divorce is decreed between wave and particle which quantum theory had for ever joined together.· Big business joined together to form a climate change coalition to lobby successfully against the protocol.
· All movements of the taichi chuan form are linked together in a smooth, flowing sequence.· Complex applications will require several networks to be linked together.· It is here, where the doors are, that cars are linked together.· Among the stories, anecdotes and images linked together by the moon image, Lugones introduces his pierrot.· It consists of a number of locally-based groups, linked together by a holding committee on which the district groups are represented.· The proposal is a flow of ideas sometimes overlapping but linked together in a chain of reasoning.· Individual cells are linked together to form panels, and the panels in turn can be linked to form arrays.· The modules can be offered as free standing courses, or linked together or with other modules in integrated programmes.
· We'd set on living together, and seeing how it worked out, with or without the baby.· She knew a couple of friends elsewhere who lived together under the pretense of sharing an apartment or duplex.· For the last year we have lived together in my flat.· Then all worries ended, and they lived together in perfect joy.· The couple later lived together, but insisted that their relationship had begun once she left school.· They live together on a lushly beautiful dairy farm.· This month we explore the modern dilemma of marriage versus living together.· It is rare to find two or more species of Cryptocoryne living together.
· However, I warn people against lumping together pindown and what has been happening in Leicestershire.· She and a whole group of Communists whom the prosecutor had lumped together were to be tried later.· Accordingly, we lump together the group and individual responses in the analyses reported below.· All are lumped together under the heading insomnIa.· The three businessmen-politicians can be lumped together, but only up to a point.· We are all lumped together and stereotyped as rich.· They object to the two giants being lumped together simply because they are hugely ambitious, colossally expensive and largely Texan.· Although mines and booby traps are often lumped together and share a lethal simplicity, they are actually very different weapons.
· Stir carefully to mix together, then cook for 3 minutes over a medium heat. 4.· In small bowl, mix together oil, garlic and salt.· Drain on kitchen paper. 2. Mix together all the dressing ingredients.· Mix together the wet ingredients and add them to the dry, mixing together only till the flour disappears.· Drain and allow to cool. Mix together the dressing and curry powder and add to the Quorn.· In a cup or small bowl, mix together water and cornstarch until smooth; add to broth.· Approximately equal amounts of each are powdered and mixed together thoroughly.· Two colors of light that, when mixed together, make white light are called complementary colors.
· I suppose I envy you, piecing together old Ash's world-picture.· Researchers have pieced together the history of a reversal from other sources.· The manager develops an understanding of his milieu by piecing together all the scraps of data he can find.· The gun was pieced together over twenty years ago by Caltech geophysicist Tom Ahrens.· Accident investigators have been at the scene this morning trying to piece together what happened.· Equally questionable esthetically is the dashboard, which has a look of being pieced together from assorted parts.· Casting her mind back, she tried to work out what it was, piecing together what she knew of him.· Officials are still trying to piece together what happened before the fatal crash Sunday.
· We all have to really play together now.· Sergeant and Master would play together.· They played together for a long while.· A band, large or small, that stays together plays better jazz together, and Rollins' sextet proves it.· We play together in the summer, and we talk a lot.· We were now ready - apart from the fact that the team had still not played together!· They often chatted about playing together, and finally found an opportunity in 1957.
· A useful activity is to pull together the governors of several neighbouring schools for training and updating on topical issues.· A major question is, of course, how it is all pulled together to speak a meaningful sentence.· In order to pull together the conclusions of these initiatives an International Conference is being held in the early summer of 1992.· But for those few in the know, it is easy to pull together these facts into an interesting whole.· Mix until the mixture pulls together and forms a ball.· They were strong enough to pull together like brothers when it counted.· It pulls together a series of wide-ranging recommendations for business, transport and education.· Abstract ideas became focused as he pulled together previous work on neural nets.
· It is often circumstances that dictate what fish have been put together.· Bill puts together this library once he figures out the varied interests of his students.· Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits, images that gave him particular visual pleasure.· Unlike many countries that pull themselves apart, Sri Lanka was not artificially put together.· Lott put together a whip organization that worked with military precision to deliver the votes.· Put together on a shoe-string over nearly two years, it's a collection of songs, weird and sad.· After three months of hard work, as the team put together its final recommendations, their initial concerns resurfaced.
· She had obviously enticed Patrick to run away with her - were they sleeping together, she wondered briefly?· For ten days we ate together, slept together, never spent two minutes apart.· Leith's mouth fell open in surprise as she realised that this awful man thought she and Travis were sleeping together.· If it is possible, we will sleep together.· And, of course, not sleep together, which they mustn't do if they're living apart either.· Jeff had some funny lines on sleeping together and swimming lessons at school strange how Len Fairclough kept cropping up.· Seventy-five percent of couples said sleeping together all the time was a turn-off.· We are sleeping together and that is good, too.
· They stood together watching her, both of them moved by unfamiliar feelings.· We stood together on the train platform, in silence.· The great lady and the little gentleman stood together on the hearthrug.· This happens especially with verbs that stand together when one comes to be felt as a mere satellite of the other.· For some reason she recalled that moment during the afternoon when they had stood together on the slope looking down on Rocamar.· In the middle of the room seven or eight men stood together, forming a boundary.· While we stood together, praying, he began to cough again.
· The idea that when people come together, they stay together.· Psychologists have found that couples who lack moments of jealousy are less likely to stay together than jealous ones.· We stayed together, and landed on a dark, windy night with no airspeed indicator or brakes.· I also said that I truly wanted the team to stay together.· And that is where we stayed together, until we heard the Compline bell.· The moths have no need to stay together.· It's essential for good vision that they stay together, particularly over the central area.· By making breaking up harder to do, supporters believe that couples will focus more on staying together.
· In public, at least, Solidarity is sticking together.· The key was lineage; members of the Anglo-Saxon ascendancy stuck together.· We tended to stick together too, although no-one accused us of being colonists.· They stick together, and they stick close.· So long as he can block Labour, his own party will stick together.· Rebelling against the manager that formed them, the girls decided to stick together and make their own choices.· They feel that they belong together, so they stick together.· The great teams manage to stick together.
· In the dark we're strung together by a rope.· Meanwhile, their offense strung together more than three first downs of their own only twice in the entire game.· Of course, chains of amino acids are strung together only with the help of enzymes, and these are stereo-selective.· Thus, bit by bit, the child learns to string together more complicated sequences.· Bones are also put to practical use, strung together to make a kind of aeolian harp or wind chime.· The speaking I strings together signifying chains according to socially acceptable codes of meaning.· Voice over Agassi it was who strung together a great series of returns to the big serving Ivanisovic.· Look for where the names pop out, or where they are strung together into sentences.
· Oliver and Tim were talking together, Cobalt was waiting for his prey.· Gorbachev wrote that only he and Reagan, talking together, could resolve the questions he raised.· We talked together for about two hours.· It was a story of memories and regrets and resolutions; a story of fathers and sons trying to talk together.· When his friend comes, they talk together in this foreign language.· They talked together whenever there was a halt.· Talk together about any problems as honestly as possible.· I saw him with Charlie Northrup up in the mountains, and they were talking together and walking around the front yard.
· My costume had been somewhat haphazardly thrown together, the result being a cross between Mary Poppins and Nurse Matilda.· I guess the modern equivalent of the actual party would be that Reform joke Ross Perot threw together.· They shared political and intellectual interests and were often thrown together.· The oldest one, thrown together and sealed in 1968, is now 25 years old.· However, in cyberspace, geographical boundaries are irrelevant, and people of different views are thrown together.· In very few cases are the boys and girls thrown together more than two years before their marriages.· As we have seen, it isn't easy to throw together a flying machine.· They spend long days in programs where children of many ages may be thrown together.
· The result is that different networks such as ARCnet and Ethernet can be tied together into a single LANtastic internet.· Her home consists of two battered green fishing boats tied together a few feet off a stretch of garbage-strewn Nile shoreline.· Here, technique, perception and response were closely tied together.· The whites and blacks were tied together in a web of interdependency-the whites through need and the blacks for survival.· And when there are children they will be tied together by that strongest of all bonds.· The network ties together a wide variety of government and university sites.· They must look like something from a fair booth - a shrimp and a black giant tied together!· The problem is especially serious for an episodic memory, which is a unique category that ties together a series of elements.
· And the group says if toddlers are to be protected in future, mothers everywhere must start working together.· Teams must agree on how they will work together to accomplish their purpose and goals.· I didn't get on with her either when we started working together.· How can we work together to find these ways of being, relating, and creating?· We worked together on gradually improving her diet.· Which came first is anybody's guess, but the two are now working together to make the patient even more ill.· But we hasten to caution you that we have met few successful couples who live together and work together.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► together with something/somebodyPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get something ↔ together► get somebody ↔ together► get something ↔ together► get something together► go around with somebody/go around together► spend the night with somebody/spend the night together► pull something together► more ... than the rest/the others/everything else put together► not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together
1with each other if two or more people do something together, they do it with each other OPP alone, separately: - The Beastline were standing close together, silhouetted against the sky.
- The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together.
- These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together.
- They stood close together in silence, listening.
- Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
- We draw close together to complete our plans.
- Angie could be an excellent photographer, if only she could get her act together.
- Amateurs are invited to get their acts together for stage shows running the gamut from dance, comedy and music.
- As for your Suns, there are signs they are getting their act together.
- At least now they can get their act together.
- If we couldn't get our act together after all that, then we were never going to.
- Nevertheless, he was patient and, eventually, I got my act together and spent the night with him.
- Now, let's get our act together.
- The Whigs splintered over slavery in the pre-Civil War era and never again got their act together.
- Then he gets his act together.
- He figured I had a hustle of my own going and that made us birds of a feather.
- Struggling peasants they'd be for the most part, trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times.
- The two groups were bound together by their hatred of the factory in which they worked.
- Decisions and actions are bound by precedent. 3.
- Furthermore, the nature of political authority in representative democracies means that governments are bound by doctrines of accountability.
- He was bound by golden handcuffs to the Salomon Brothers mortgage trading depart-ment.
- If the parties do not wish to be bound by time limits there should be none in the lease.
- The Martins too are bound by the same federal law and could be prosecuted.
- The political order is bound by values.
- The Revenue will not subsequently be bound by any information or statements given, whether expressly or implicitly in relation to the claim.
- They were bound by it so long as it was not in conflict with their statutory duty.
- Dundela got it together in the second half and it was Dean Smyth's turn to save his side.
- Engineers apart, there are no students who will ever manage to get it together to decide on pay.
- I can't seem to get it together at present.
- Now manufacturers are getting it together and offering brilliant greens, oranges and blues.
- Some one else had got it together for Adam and there it all was.
- They must have worked fast to get it together, Charles thought.
- When we get it together to be so.
- Why on earth can't they get it together?
- 150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.
- The challenge is to put our heads together and think of a new way of working.
- We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.
- Anyway, we can put our heads together later and see if it means anything.
- Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed.
- Fearing the ships might founder on coastal rocks, the admiral summoned all his navigators to put their heads together.
- He will be less easy to understand if you literally put your heads together.
- Stevie and I are going to put our heads together to try and reconstruct them for Midge.
- The next day Martha and I would put our heads together and decide what should be done.
- They put their heads together, from thousands of miles away.
- He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.
- She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
- Years later, Ogwen apprenticeship having been served, we began to aspire to their routes, knees knocking at our effrontery.
- If you two don't stop yelling at each other, I'll knock your heads together!
- He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.
- She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
- Pull yourself together - you don't want him to see you crying like that.
- Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.
- But then she pulled herself together.
- Head in her hands, she tried to pull herself together.
- In March, 1939 I pulled myself together sufficiently.
- It's about time Joe pulled himself together.
- It took them seconds to pull themselves together and reorganize themselves.
- This was another occasion on which, as Margie put it, Margarett pulled herself together.
- Yet, again and again, now as before, the people have pulled themselves together and gotten on with life.
- Female speaker I can say the odd word, but I can't string a sentence together yet.
- When we found the money and the drugs in his room, it was easy to put two and two together.
- As it is, Krauss is probably putting two and two together.
- He can be trusted to put two and two together.
- He saw the pits, he saw my father, and he put two and two together.
- His friends put two and two together, and so did the media, which beseiged his home by telephone and helicopter.
- If they found the coins they might put two and two together.
- In 1989 Congress put two and two together, in a programme to sell the government's houses to the poor.
- It is not difficult to put two and two together.
- Still nobody in the chemical industry put two and two together.
We’ve very much enjoyed working together. They’ve decided to spend more time together. He and my father were at school together. Together they went back inside the villa.2make one thing if you put two or more things together, you join them so that they touch or form one whole thing or group OPP apart: He’d tried to glue the broken pieces together. Mix the butter and sugar together. She clasped her hands together. He took the engine apart and then put it back together again. The model was held together with string.3be a couple if two people are together, they are married, or are having a romantic or sexual relationship: Mark and I have been together eight years now. Are those two together? A lot of people live together before getting married. Sometimes I don’t know what keeps us together.4in one place if you keep, collect etc things together, you keep or collect them all in one place: She keeps all the important documents together in one file. Embarrassed, she gathered her things together and left. Goods of a similar kind should be stored together.5close/packed/crowded etc together if people or objects are close together, packed together etc, they are placed very near to each other: The trees had been planted a little too close together. The climbers were sitting huddled together for warmth.6against each other if you rub or hit things together, you rub or hit them against each other: Max was rubbing his hands together with glee. Knock the brushes together to clean them.7in agreement if people are together, come together etc, they are or become united, especially in order to try and achieve something: Together we can win. The Conference called on all good men to come together to resist socialism. He said that the main purpose of the Baha'i faith was to bring people together.8at the same time at the same time: Both letters should have arrived. I mailed them together. ‘Oh!’ they said together.all together (now) (=used to tell a group of people to all say or do something at the same time) Right men. All together now ... push!9combine amounts when two amounts or quantities are added together, they are combined: Add these numbers together and then divide the total by 7. Together they won only 21% of the votes. The table and chairs are together worth about £200.10together with something/somebody a)in addition to something else: Just bring it back to the store, together with your receipt. Becoming self-employed meant giving up a secure salary, together with sick leave and long vacation time. b)used to mention someone else who is also involved in an activity or situation: He, together with Bill Dunn, decided to climb out of the canyon. → bring together at bring, → get together at get, → get your act together at act1(4), → hold together at hold1, → piece something together at piece2, → pull together at pull1together1 adverbtogether2 adjective
togethertogether2 adjective spoken EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Rosie's a really together person - she'll be great as the coordinator.
- You'll have to be a bit more together when you have kids.
Longman Language Activatorin the same place with another person
· Don't leave me alone with her.· "Where's Jill?" "I don't know, I thought she was with you."· I try to make sure I have a couple of hours to spend with David every evening.· We live with my parents-in-law.· At the moment, she's in a meeting with the President.arrive/leave/go out etc with somebody · Lindsay arrived with her husband but left by herself.· I saw Rick go out of the building with Susan.
· Nicola and I were at school together.· Each year the whole family spends Christmas together.· For years, these people who are now at war lived together very peacefully.· We'd better stay together, or we might get lost.
to go to the place where someone else is, in order to be with them or do something with them: · We're sitting over there. Why don't you join us?· Her parents are going to Paris next week and she will join them later.
to be with someone, especially when this person's presence gives you support or protection: · Children under fourteen must be accompanied by an adult.· Wherever she goes she has to be accompanied by a bodyguard.· The Prince, accompanied by the Princess, spoke to many of the disaster victims in the hospital.
the presence of another person or other people, that gives you someone to talk to and stops you feeling lonely: · I was grateful for Jean's company on the long journey up to Edinburgh.have (some) company: · "Do you mind if I join you?" "No of course not, it's nice to have some company."do something for the company: · I go to French evening classes, for the company as much as for the French.miss somebody's company: · Now that she's gone, I really miss her company.
when you are with a particular person: · I always feel very relaxed in Nick's company.in the company of somebody: · Many people are uneasy in the company of strangers.
if you are in someone's presence , especially someone important or famous, you are with them or in the same place as them: · What was it like to be actually in the Queen's presence?in the presence of somebody: · I could think of very little to say in the presence of so many important people.
if people live side by side , they live together peacefully even though there are big differences between them: · It was a great experience - people from so many very different backgrounds living side by side.· The Muslim residents say they are ready and willing to live side by side with their neighbors again.
doing something with another person/group etc · My family and I went camping in the mountains with some old friends of ours. · I'd like you to work with the person sitting beside you and see if we can come up with some new ideas,
· There's no point in taking two cars - let's go together.· The police and army worked together to track down the terrorists.
if two groups work or fight side by side , they work closely together to achieve something, even though there may be big differences between them: · It was a strange situation with Washington, Pretoria and Peking fighting side by side.side by side with: · Soldiers worked side by side with civilians to rebuild the city.
if people do something collectively , they do it by working together as equal members of an organized group: · The team collectively must decide what resources they need and how they are to be used.· Individually, people have little power, but collectively they can be more influential.
: jointly managed/owned/published/funded etc by somebody managed, owned etc by two or more people or organizations working together equally: · The business is jointly owned and run by six TV companies.· It was a major research project, jointly funded by the university and the Health Department.
if something is done by one organization or group of people in conjunction with another organization or group, it is done by both of them working together: · The exhibition is sponsored by the Arts Council in conjunction with British Airways.· Stenmann is working in conjunction with leading scientists and has invested $5 million in the scheme.
if people, organizations, or countries work in partnership with each other, they work together to do something important or useful: · The city council is working in partnership with local businesses to build new sports facilities in the area.
if you work on a plan or do something in collaboration with another person or organization, you work very closely with them in order to achieve it: · I wrote the article in collaboration with a number of my colleagues.· This course has been developed in collaboration with major professional bodies involved in the financial services sector.
if one group of people stands or fights shoulder to shoulder with another group of people, they support them or fight together with them against an enemy: · British soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder with American and French troops.· Mitterrand, although a socialist, stood shoulder to shoulder with the NATO allies during the challenges of the early 1980s.
when people do something together in a dishonest way if someone is in league with a group of people, they are secretly planning and working with them in order to do something dishonest or illegal: · Anyone suspected of being in league with the rebels was arrested.· There was a suggestion that the authorities were in league with the drug dealers.
if one group of people is in collusion with another group, they are all working secretly together to do something dishonest: · Some of the police force were working in collusion with the Mafia.· Journalists suspected that the army was acting in collusion with the terrorists.
working secretly and closely with another person or group in order to do something dishonest or cheat someone: · Assassins, in cahoots with the army, were sent to kill two top members of the parliament.· By the middle of the book we've learned that the church and the local politicians are in cahoots to try to slow Sonja's research.
British if one organization is hand in glove with another organization, they work together very closely in order to do something dishonest, or dishonestly get power: · The politicians are hand in glove with the military, everyone knows that.
to work together · We can only succeed if we all work together as a team.work together to do something · Both sides are going to have to work together to find other ways of settling their differences.
also co-operate British if two people or groups cooperate with each other, they work together and help each other in order to achieve something that will be good for both of them: cooperate with: · The president said that Mexico would continue to cooperate with the US in the fight against drugs.cooperate to do something: · Aid agencies and UN forces are cooperating to get food supplies to the people who need them.cooperate closely (=help each other as much as possible): · Finance ministers and central bankers agreed to cooperate closely to sustain the strength of the pound.cooperate in/on: · Traditionally management has called upon workers to cooperate in increasing productivity.
to work together, especially on a specific piece of scientific, artistic, or industrial work: collaborate to do something: · Researchers in Stanford and Princeton collaborated to manufacture a completely new waterproof textile.collaborate with: · Hewlett Packard collaborated with Nokia to produce the palmtop-telephone.collaborate on/in: · Fellini collaborated with Rossellini on the script of the film.· Educators and employers need to collaborate in preparing the next generation for employment and adulthood.
someone who does something with someone else someone who takes part in a sport or game, or a business or social activity with you: · Have you got a partner for the dance on Saturday?· The firm was so successful that she took on a partner.· We called a meeting with Russco, our partners in the construction project.a business/trading partner: · Manson and I were business partners, but not friends.a marriage/sexual partner: · People who have many sexual partners are more at risk from AIDS.be partners: · Let's have a game of cards -- you and Frank can be partners.
: fellow passenger/worker/student etc someone who is travelling, working, studying etc with you: · The accident happened when Roland was walking home with fellow student Karl Xavier.· Toni's views on the Kyoto Treaty were echoed by her fellow workers.
someone that you spend a lot of time with, especially someone that provides friendship or conversation while you are doing something, for example travelling: · Mum and Dad didn't seem to approve much of my new companions.· He left the major part of his £60 million fortune to his close friend and companion, Jerry Edwards.a drinking/travelling etc companion: · Ed is a great travelling companion - funny and sensible at the same time.
informal someone who spends a lot of time with another person, and is usually less important or powerful than them: · Tom and his sidekick Larry sauntered into the bar, plainly looking for a fight.· Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr Watson
someone who helps another person to commit a crime: · After the robbery, the men escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice.accomplice in: · Two other boys were accused of being accomplices in the attack.
done by people working together a joint decision, statement, effort, report etc is made by people or groups working together, not by just one of them: · We both wanted to move to Canada - it was a joint decision.· a joint declaration by Israeli and Palestinian leadersa joint effort: · "Did you cook the dinner, Jane?" "No, it was a joint effort."
combined actions are done by people or groups who try to do something together which they could not do alone: · The combined efforts of four police officers and two paramedics were needed to lift the driver from the wreckage.· It was a combined operation involving troops from the US and Europe.
a collective decision, action, or agreement is made by everyone in a group or organization, not by just one or two of its members: · A jury's verdict is the result of a collective agreement.· Kerry called the labor laws "a legitimate collective effort to protect our children" and said he supported them.collective responsibility (for something) (=when everyone in a group shares responsibility for its decisions and actions): · The bureau was without a manager for some time, so the staff took collective responsibility for all the tasks.
use this about an activity that involves people working together, especially in order to achieve something that will bring an advantage to both of them: a collaborative effort: · A manager's main task is to coordinate the collaborative efforts of a number of people.collaborative project/research/venture etc: · The new system was the product of a collaborative project between Apple and IBM.· a collaborative youth training program involving several businesses
people or groups who work together a relationship between people or groups working closely together: · The song-writing partnership has been very productive.partnership between: · Crime prevention is most effective when it is a partnership between the police and the public.form a partnership: · Elliot and Elver decided to form a partnership and launch their own business.
an arrangement involving two or more different groups or countries to work together to oppose an enemy, to do business, or to work together for something that they both believe in: · NATO is a formal military alliance with America at its head.enter into an alliance/form an alliance: · The two countries entered into a defensive alliance.· Apple and online service provider America Online formed an alliance.
to be together again after being separated to be together again after being separated, used especially about couples who have started a romantic relationship again: · Did you know that Denise and Jonathon are back together?· It's so nice to have all the family back together again.be back together with: · I'm back together with Johnny now and things are going pretty well.get back together: · Jack wants to get back together, but I've really had enough.
to be brought together again with someone that you lost or were unable to see for a long time, especially when someone helps you to be with them again: · After 50 years apart, the twin sisters were eventually reunited.be reunited with: · In the early hours of this morning, the hostages were reunited with their families at Point Reach airbase.
with another thing or other things · I've put our passports in your handbag with the travellers cheques.· I hope you haven't thrown that letter out with the garbage!· a traditional Christmas dinner of roast turkey with all the trimmings
together in the same place, or added together , not separately: · Mix the butter and the sugar together.· That skirt and jacket look really good together.· Together these two paintings are worth more than $10,000.
in the same place as another thing or other things: · I keep my insurance policy in the top drawer, along with my other important documents.· Put it over there along with the other presents.
if something that you buy comes with something else, it is sold with an additional object that is included in the price: · Every new camera comes with a leather case and free film.· All the main courses come with salad and chips.· We have 5000 log cabins to rent. All come with their own private sauna.
an accompanying book, document etc, is one that you get together with something that you buy, and which gives you more information about it: accompanying booklet/volume/letter etc: · The video recorder has an accompanying booklet which contains full instructions.· Each coursebook has an accompanying workbook for grammar practice.
when something is used together with something else · The shampoo and conditioner should be used together for the best possible result.· When you're slowing down, use the gears and the brakes together.
also along with American · A sensible diet along with regular exercise is the best way to lose weight.· I love Italian food, together with a good bottle of red wine.
if a treatment, method, drug etc is combined with another, it is used with it because this will have the most effect: · Small children need firmness combined with loving care.· The standard treatment is surgery, often combined with radiation.
if two or more things or methods are used in combination , they are used together at the same time, in order to achieve a particular effect: · The drug company recommended using Losec in combination with antibiotics for the treatment of ulcers.in combination with: · The flavor of paprika, in combination with sour cream, is used in many Eastern European cuisines.
if one thing is used in conjunction with another, it is used with it, in order to help you do something more easily: · Learners will benefit from using the book in conjunction with the video.· The file viewing functions can be used in conjunction with file manager.
different types of things, methods, ideas etc that are used or exist alongside each other, are being used together or exist together at the same time: · The new advertisement will be broadcast alongside AMV's two existing commercials during prime time viewing.· Only the island of Bali preserved, alongside its own traditions, the Brahman heritage of those ancient times.
different machines, methods, ideas etc that are compatible can exist together or be used together without producing problems: · Certain kinds of drug are not compatible and should never be taken together.· The two businesses have compatible aims, and a merger would be to everyone's advantage.compatible with: · Unfortunately he bought a printer that was not compatible with his computer.
several different things or people considered together · The Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary branches together make up the US government.taken together (=considered as a group) · Taken together, these measures should ensure a rapid return to financial stability.
· Collectively, these studies showed a clear link between smoking and cancer.collectively called/collectively known as/collectively referred to as etc · Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands are collectively known as the "Benelux' countries.· These substances are referred to collectively as ketone bodies.
someone who always organizes their work, life etc well also organised British · In order to do this job well, you have to be very organized.well-organized · Well-organized troops have succeeded in recapturing the town.
someone who is businesslike deals with people effectively and does not waste time on things that are not important: · Ted was friendly but businesslike and very much in charge.· Gates gave a brief, businesslike explanation of his plans for the company.· The representatives were serious businesslike diplomats who disliked small talk.
informal use this about someone who always thinks clearly and does things in a sensible, organized way that you admire: · You'll have to be a bit more together when you have kids.· Rosie's a really together person - she'll be great as the coordinator.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES My wife and I like to spend time alone together away from the kids. She stood with her hands clasped tightly together. a stack of bills clipped together They were sitting close together on the couch. The prisoners were herded together. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He rubbed his hands together with embarrassment. All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots). countries that have stood together (=stayed united) in times of crisis Then, families stuck together through thick and thin.
My wife and I like to spend time alone together away from the kids. She stood with her hands clasped tightly together. a stack of bills clipped together They were sitting close together on the couch. (=find out what actually happened in a situation)· The police are still piecing together the facts.
The prisoners were herded together. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant.· Add the two numbers together and divide by three.
He rubbed his hands together with embarrassment. All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots). countries that have stood together (=stayed united) in times of crisis Then, families stuck together through thick and thin.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get something ↔ together► get somebody ↔ together► get something ↔ together► get something together► go around with somebody/go around together► spend the night with somebody/spend the night together► pull something together► more ... than the rest/the others/everything else put together► not have two pennies/halfpennies/beans to rub together
someone who is together is confident, thinks clearly, and does things in a sensible organized way – used to show approval: - Angie could be an excellent photographer, if only she could get her act together.
- Amateurs are invited to get their acts together for stage shows running the gamut from dance, comedy and music.
- As for your Suns, there are signs they are getting their act together.
- At least now they can get their act together.
- If we couldn't get our act together after all that, then we were never going to.
- Nevertheless, he was patient and, eventually, I got my act together and spent the night with him.
- Now, let's get our act together.
- The Whigs splintered over slavery in the pre-Civil War era and never again got their act together.
- Then he gets his act together.
- He figured I had a hustle of my own going and that made us birds of a feather.
- Struggling peasants they'd be for the most part, trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times.
- The two groups were bound together by their hatred of the factory in which they worked.
- Decisions and actions are bound by precedent. 3.
- Furthermore, the nature of political authority in representative democracies means that governments are bound by doctrines of accountability.
- He was bound by golden handcuffs to the Salomon Brothers mortgage trading depart-ment.
- If the parties do not wish to be bound by time limits there should be none in the lease.
- The Martins too are bound by the same federal law and could be prosecuted.
- The political order is bound by values.
- The Revenue will not subsequently be bound by any information or statements given, whether expressly or implicitly in relation to the claim.
- They were bound by it so long as it was not in conflict with their statutory duty.
- Dundela got it together in the second half and it was Dean Smyth's turn to save his side.
- Engineers apart, there are no students who will ever manage to get it together to decide on pay.
- I can't seem to get it together at present.
- Now manufacturers are getting it together and offering brilliant greens, oranges and blues.
- Some one else had got it together for Adam and there it all was.
- They must have worked fast to get it together, Charles thought.
- When we get it together to be so.
- Why on earth can't they get it together?
- 150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.
- The challenge is to put our heads together and think of a new way of working.
- We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.
- Anyway, we can put our heads together later and see if it means anything.
- Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed.
- Fearing the ships might founder on coastal rocks, the admiral summoned all his navigators to put their heads together.
- He will be less easy to understand if you literally put your heads together.
- Stevie and I are going to put our heads together to try and reconstruct them for Midge.
- The next day Martha and I would put our heads together and decide what should be done.
- They put their heads together, from thousands of miles away.
- He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.
- She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
- Years later, Ogwen apprenticeship having been served, we began to aspire to their routes, knees knocking at our effrontery.
- If you two don't stop yelling at each other, I'll knock your heads together!
- He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.
- She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
- Pull yourself together - you don't want him to see you crying like that.
- Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.
- But then she pulled herself together.
- Head in her hands, she tried to pull herself together.
- In March, 1939 I pulled myself together sufficiently.
- It's about time Joe pulled himself together.
- It took them seconds to pull themselves together and reorganize themselves.
- This was another occasion on which, as Margie put it, Margarett pulled herself together.
- Yet, again and again, now as before, the people have pulled themselves together and gotten on with life.
- Female speaker I can say the odd word, but I can't string a sentence together yet.
- When we found the money and the drugs in his room, it was easy to put two and two together.
- As it is, Krauss is probably putting two and two together.
- He can be trusted to put two and two together.
- He saw the pits, he saw my father, and he put two and two together.
- His friends put two and two together, and so did the media, which beseiged his home by telephone and helicopter.
- If they found the coins they might put two and two together.
- In 1989 Congress put two and two together, in a programme to sell the government's houses to the poor.
- It is not difficult to put two and two together.
- Still nobody in the chemical industry put two and two together.
Jane is such a together person.