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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] togedere, from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] togædere, from tō to + gædere together; akin to Middle High German gater together, Old English gaderian to gather
*Date: before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_century 12th century]
==Definitions==
*1 a : in or into one place, [[mass]], collection, or [[group]] <the men get together every Thursday for poker>
:b : in a [[body]] : as a group <students and faculty together presented the petition>
*2 a : in or into contact (as [[connection]], collision, or union) <mix these ingredients together>
:b : in or into [[association]] or [[relationship]] <[[colors]] that go well together>
*3 a : at one [[time]] : [[simultaneously]] <events that happened together>
:b : in [[Sequence|succession]] <was depressed for days together>
*4 a : by combined [[action]] : jointly <together we forced the door>
:b : in or into agreement or [[harmony]] <the soloist and the orchestra weren't quite together>
:c : in or into a unified or coherent [[structure]] or an integrated whole <can't even put a simple sentence together>
*5 a : with each other —used as an [[intensive]] after certain verbs <join together> <add together>
:b : as a unit : in the aggregate <these arguments taken together make a convincing case>
:c : considered as a whole : counted or summed up

[[Category: General Reference]]

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