Definition of Put together

1. Verb. Create by putting components or members together. "They set up a committee"

Exact synonyms: Assemble, Piece, Set Up, Tack, Tack Together
Generic synonyms: Bring Together, Join, Create, Make
Specialized synonyms: Comfit, Confect, Confection, Confuse, Jumble, Mix Up, Reassemble, Configure, Compound, Rig Up
Derivative terms: Assemblage, Assemblage, Piece
Antonyms: Disassemble

Definition of Put together

1. Verb. (transitive) To assemble, construct, or build. ¹

2. Adjective. Combined, assembled. ¹

3. Adjective. (idiomatic) In total. ¹

4. Adjective. (Psychologically) stable; competent; responsible. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Together

put the wind up
put through
put through its paces
put through the mangle
put through the wringer
put to
put to bed
put to bed with a shovel
put to death
put to rest
put to sleep
put to the sword
put to the test
put to use
put to work
put together (current term)
put two and two together
put under
put up
put up a fight
put up one's dukes
put up or shut up
put up the shutters
put up with
put upon
put words in somebody's mouth
put words in someone's mouth
putable

Literary usage of Put together

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Of those put together by St. Hilary only fragments survive. ... He put together a corresponding set of papers bearing on the Pelagian controversy. ..."

2. The Sun by Amédée Guillemin (1875)
"Weight of Bodies on the Surface of the Sun; its Mass compared to that of all the Planets put together. Having spoken of the dimensions of the Sun, ..."

3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... least regard to consequences: " Federigo de' Ricci has been so much stronger than all of us put together that you have been massacred against our will. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"When about i oo males and females were put together March 6-11 the first eggs were laid March 24th, while other females laid from then on to April I5th, ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"These tiles were all found in fragments, but have been put together with great care. The modern revival of the art dates from the year 1830, when a patent ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"A skilful cooper can work this curve so accurately, that no further fitting or alteration shall be needed when the staves are put together. ..."

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