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		|  together 
  
 
 
 1 together
 2 people together
 3 things together
 4 not together; separate
 meeting sb MEET
 having a meeting MEETING
 working together WORK
 coming together or putting things together JOIN
 
 1  together
 - with each other: together
 Can we have lunch together? ◎ Keep together while we are going round the museum. ◎ Put your feet together. ◎ Mix the egg, flour and milk together. ◎ Add these numbers together to get the total.
 - a number of people or things that are together: group; to put sb/sth together into one or more groups: group sb/sth
 A group of us went to see a film last night. ◎ The children were grouped according to their age.
 ※ groups of people GROUP
 - two people, animals or things that are closely connected or belong together: pair
 The teacher asked the students to get into pairs to do the exercise. ◎ A pair of hawks are nesting in the woods near our house. ◎ a pair of gloves
 - if several different types of people or things are together, they are mixed, miscellaneous; noun: mixture
 mixed nuts ◎ a miscellaneous collection of photographs ◎ a mixture of nationalities
 - a number of things which are different from each other, mixed: variety (of sth) (noun singular); adjective: various
 A wide variety of goods were on display. ◎ The college offers various kinds of courses.
 ※ being the same or different SAME, DIFFERENT
 
 2  people together
 - being with a person: company (noun U)
 I really enjoy his company (= I like being with him).
 - a person or animal that you spend a lot of time with: companion
 a travelling companion ◎ Her dog is her only companion.
 - two people who are married or living together: couple
 the couple who live next door
 - to spend time and go to places regularly with sb: go* round/around/about with sb, go* around together
 I don't like the people you are going around with.
 - to be with and talk to other people: associate with sb, mix with sb
 I don't associate with people from work. ◎ Her father thought she was mixing with the wrong sort of people.
 - always together: inseparable
 inseparable friends
 - to go with sb to a place: go* (along) with sb, accompany sb
 I went along to the post office with Carmen. ◎ The students were accompanied by their teacher.
 ※ taking sb to a place BRING/TAKE/CARRY
 - (used about two people) holding each other's hands: hand in hand; with your arm linked together with sb else's arm: arm in arm
 They were walking along arm in arm.
 - if people are beside each other they are side by side
 We sat side by side on a wall.
 
 3  things together
 - a number of things that belong together: set
 a set of furniture ◎ a chess set ◎ a set of mathematical problems
 - a number of objects of a particular type that have been brought together: collection
 There was a large collection of papers on the table. ◎ a stamp collection
 - to bring together a number of objects of a particular type over a period of time because they interest you: collect sth; a person who does this: collector
 He has managed to collect together a large number of books and papers connected with the life of his famous uncle.
 - a number of things of the same type, joined together or growing together: bunch
 a bunch of flowers/bananas
 - a number of things that are tied or wrapped together: bundle
 a bundle of clothes ◎ a bundle of letters with an elastic band around them
 - a number of things lying on top of one another or in a large mass: pile
 a pile of books ◎ a pile of sand
 - an untidy pile: heap
 All his clothes are in a heap on the floor.
 - to put things in a pile or heap: pile sth (up), heap sth (up)
 Where shall we pile all this sand? ◎ They heaped all the boxes in the corner.
 
 4  not together; separate
 - things which are not together are separate (adverb separately)
 We sat at separate tables. ◎ Do you think they look better together or separately?
 - separately; away from sb/sth or each other: apart (from sb/sth)
 They're always arguing, so it's best to keep them apart. ◎ Our two houses are only about five miles apart. ◎ She sat apart from the rest of the group, apparently absorbed in her own thoughts.
 - without any other person: alone
 I live alone.
 - without another person or thing: (all) on your own, (all) by yourself
 ※ more on being alone ALONE
 - not together; at different times or in different places: one by one, individually, separately
 We'll have to see them one by one. ◎ Put the glasses carefully into the box, one by one. ◎ We went in to the interview room one by one. ◎ We talked to them all individually.
 ※ becoming separate
 - to stop being together: separate, split* up; to make people or things separate: separate sb/sth (from sb/sth); noun (C/U): separation
 We separated outside the station and went our different ways. ◎ The rocket separated into two parts. ◎ Separate the whites of the eggs from the yolks. ◎ a painful separation ◎ separation from family and friends
 - to separate sth from what it is joined to: detach sth (from sth)
 The collar had become detached from my shirt.
 - to separate from sth else by force: break* off; to cause sth to separate from sth else by force: break* sth off
 Part of the wing broke off, causing the pilot to lose control of the plane. ◎ He broke off another piece of chocolate and gave it to the child.
 - something which can be detached is detachable
 a detachable bicycle lamp
 - to break or separate into parts: divide (into sth); to break or separate sth into parts: divide sth (up) (into sth); noun (U): division
 - a thing that separates sb/sth: division (between sth and sth)
 There is a deep division in this country between rich and poor.
 ※ more on dividing things DIVIDE
 
 
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