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Definition of All together

1. Adverb. All at the same time. "Let's say `Yes!' all at once"

2. Adverb. Used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when 'all' and 'together' can be separated by other words. "The books all lay together..."

Definition of All together

1. Adverb. altogether ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of All Together

all the rage all the same all the tea in China all the time all the way all the way to Egery and back all the while all the world's a stage all there all things being equal

all things come to those who wait all things considered all thumbs all to all to smash all together (current term) all told all too all up with all very well

all wet all wool and a yard wide all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all y'all all y'all's all your base are belong to us alla breve alla marcia allabogdanite allachesthesia

Literary usage of All together

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Time has been writing all-time as one word without a hyphen since the l940s, but most publications use the hyphenated form. all together, altogether I. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... they had heard—all together was not as large as a small Chinese province. Naturally the learned men MATTEO RICCI (on the left) shocking their listeners. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"Ye died not all together in one fair battle so ; " Some currish plot, some trick (God wot,) hath laid you all so low, Not all the misbelievers ever prick'd ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... their several products may be seen all together, not interfused, but heaped one upon another, as many different ages of the earth may be read in some ..."

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