Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In company; in conjunction; simultaneously.
  • In the same place; to the same place.
  • In the same time; contemporaneously.
  • The one with the other; with each other; mutually.
  • In or into combination, junction, or union; so as to unite or blend: as. to sew, knit, pin, bind, or yoke two things together.
  • Without intermission; uninterruptedly; on end.
  • See the verbs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In company or association with respect to place or time
  • adverb In or into union; into junction
  • adverb In concert; with mutual coöperation.
  • adverb in union with; in company or mixture with; along with.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb At the same time, in the same place; in close association.
  • adverb Into one place; into a single thing; combined
  • adverb In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
  • adjective colloquial well organized, well developed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb assembled in one place
  • adverb in contact with each other or in proximity
  • adjective mentally and emotionally stable
  • adverb with a common plan
  • adverb in each other's company
  • adverb with cooperation and interchange
  • adverb at the same time

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English tōgædere ("together"), from West Germanic *tō-gadara (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to”) + Proto-Germanic *gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷhedh- (“to keep”), equivalent to to- +‎ gather. Cognate with Scots togiddir, thegither ("together"), Old Frisian togadera ("together"), Middle Dutch tegadere, tegader ("together"), Middle High German gater ("together"). Compare also Old English ætgædere ("together"), Old English ġeador ("together"). More at gather.

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  • me and schyler play together.

    February 15, 2007

  • ...as in, so happy together...or as in having it or keeping together.

    September 27, 2008

  • to get her

    November 21, 2013