Meaning & use

all together

adverb·Academic

With everyone or everything gathered in one place or group at the same time.

See it in a sentence

The whole family was all together for the first time in three years.

Please put the folders all together in a single box before shipping them.

A note on using this word

"All together" (everyone in one place) is often confused with "altogether" (entirely, or in total); the two are not interchangeable.

Words with a similar meaning

collectivelyin a group

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

separatelyapart

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