Altogether

Definition: Altogether

Altogether

Adverb

1. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "It was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly' as in "a whole new idea").

2. With everything included or counted; "altogether he earns close to a million dollars".

3. With everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad".

Noun

1. Informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "altogether" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Altogether \Al`to*geth"er\, adverb. [from Old English expression altogedere; al all togedere together. See Together.]. (references)

Synonyms: Altogether

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Divestment

Nudity; bareness; Adjective: undress; dishabille; the altogether; nudation, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis.

Whole

Adverb: wholly, altogether; totally; (completely); entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch; substantially.

Crosswords: Altogether

Sir There's no reason Sarah needs to do this scene in the altogether. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Then perhaps you'd do well to stay away from him altogether. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

You needn't stop talking altogether, you know (Scott Joplin; writing credit: Christopher Knopf)

It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether. (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker)

Each safe was fitted with two locks, requiring two keys, or four keys altogether. For security, each key was individually protected (The First Great Train Robbery; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

But some are altogether mighty frightening (Don't Speak; performing artist: No Doubt)

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Almost Vegetarian: A Primer for Cooks Who Are Eating Vegetarian Most of the Time, Chicken & Fish Some of the Time & Altogether Well All of the Time (reference)

• Altogether Elsewhere (reference)

• Altogether Gift: A Trinitarian Spirituality (reference)

• Altogether Lovely (reference)

• Altogether One at a Time (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Altogether [IMPORT] (reference)

• Altogether Here (reference)

• The Altogether (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Strand after strand parted grudgingly till it fell away altogether. Credit: Library of Congress.

Now, altogether. Credit: Library of Congress.

In this single-room house on these two beds sleep the mother, three sisters and the brothers (six altogether). Great Western Sugar Company's beet sugar workers' colony at Hudson, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All kydells for the future shall be removed altogether from Thames and Medway, and throughout all England, except upon the seashore. (reference)

It is true, that whatever engagements or promises any one has made for himself, he is under the obligation of them, but cannot, by any compact whatsoever, bind his children or posterity: for his son, when a man, being altogether as free as the father, any act of the father can no more give away the liberty of the son, than it can of any body else: he may indeed annex such conditions to the land, he enjoyed as a subject of any common-wealth, as may oblige his son to be of that community, if he will enjoy those possessions which were his father's; because that estate being his father's property, he may dispose, or settle it, as he pleases. (Second Treatise of Government)

Thenceforth, a serious political contest was altogether out of the question. (reference)

It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. (The Gettysburg Address)

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I praised the fair lady too, and altogether sent him away very happy

On the contrary, I have allowed myself, as to such points, nearly or altogether as much license as if the facts had been entirely of my own invention

Altogether, it was chilly, regular, and hideous

There is indeed another custom, which I cannot altogether approve of.

Our intercourse was thus altogether one of unbroken harmony, far more pleasing to remember than if it had been carried on by speech

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Health

In others, the thymus is missing altogether. (references)

DI is a different form of illness altogether. (references)

In some women, periods may disappear altogether. (references)

Business

Household end users want Internet, TV and Voice altogether in a accessible price. (references)

Port facilities at SKP consist of 3 multipurpose berths, altogether with the length of 510 meters. (references)

Importers, as can be seen in the following graph, there are many importing companies involved in the apparel sector, approximately 1,600 altogether (although half import $9,000 or less). (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

Amendments to the Criminal Code in 1999 drew a distinction between "illegal" groups, which are those that are not registered properly, and "prohibited" groups, which are banned altogether. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

In 2002, the Escudo will disappear altogether. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Many of these aid programs have ceased altogether or have diminished. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

A small number of imports are banned altogether, such as re-manufactured auto parts. (references)

JAPAN

These tariffs limit sales of U.S. farm products by encouraging substitution and/or reducing consumption altogether. (references)

Yemen

However, the prospect for controlling weapons altogether is remote due to opposition from tribal elements, including politically prominent individuals. (references)

Travel

Turkey

While these groups have not been eliminated altogether, their operational capabilities have greatly diminished. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Some women's groups urged the Government to ban polygyny altogether. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Altogether himself

He altogether against me

Expressions using "altogether": altogether coal ♦ altogether different ♦ in the altogether. Additional references.

Ending with "altogether": not-altogether.

Afrikaans

alles (all, all of it, everything), al's (all, all of it, everything). (various references)

Albanian

tërësisht (all, at large, completely, entirely, fully, heartily, holus-bolus, outright, sheer, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, wholly), tërësi (complex, ensemble, entirety, integer, integral, integrality, integrity, massiveness, plenitude), krejtësisht (all, cap-a-pie, completely, entirely, fundamentally, hard, hollow, perfectly, purely, quite, through and through, to a frazzle, utterly), krejt (absolutely, at all, clean, complete, diametrically, fast, flat, out and out, plenty, quite, thorough-paced, up, very), gjithsej (in all, in total, in whole, totally, utterly, wholly), gjithçka (all, anything, everything, the lot). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كلية (completeness, entirely, entirety, integrity, outright, totality, wholeness, wholly), ‏كليا (absolutely, completely, entirely, fully, in full, outright, totally, wholly), ‏معا (at the same time, jointly, simultaneously, together, with each other, with one another), ‏تماما (all, all right, alright, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stark, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), ‏على الجملة, ‏بكل ما فى الكلمة من معنى (all), ‏بالاجمال. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвсем (all, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, most, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), цялостно (fully), всичко на всичко, общо взето (all in all, by and large, generally, on the whole), общо погледнао, общо (at large, commonly, generally, grossly, overall), напълно (absolutely, all, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), изцяло (all, clean, en bloc, entirely, in full, neck and crop, outright, over, right, sheer, through, through and through, totally, tread and thrum, whole-hog, wholly). (various references)

Chinese 

一共. (various references)

Czech

naprosto (absolutely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, heartily, perfectly, quite, sheer, to the hilt, totally, utterly), dohromady (between, in common, together), celkem (generally, in sum, in the aggregate, on the whole, overall), celek (all, complex, gross, total, totality, unit, whole), úplnì (absolutely, all, completely, entirely, in full, off, outright, quite, sheer, throughout, to the hilt, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly). (various references)

Danish

all (all, everything). (various references)

Dutch

alles wel beschouwd (as a whole, on the whole). (various references)

Esperanto

totale (in all), entute (as a whole, on the whole), ĉio (all, everything). (various references)

Faeroese

alt (all, everything, the), yvirhøvur (as a whole, on the whole), tilsamans (as a whole, on the whole). (various references)

Farsi 

یکسره (All, Hipandthigh, Indiscriminate, Nonstop), منصفا, مجموع (Aggregate, Ensemble, Lump, Total, Totality, Tote), همگی (All), کاملا (Intoto, Outright, Quite, Smack, Sopping, Sound, Through, Utter, Utterly, Wholly), تماما (All, Intoto, Quite, Stark, Throughout, Well, Wholly), ازهمه جهت , روی هم رفته . (various references)

Finnish

aivan (at all, entirely, exactly, fully, just, perfectly, quite, very, wholly), yltä päältä (all over, wholly), yhteensä (in all, put), tyystin (carefully, thoroughly), tykkänään (wholly), tuiki (extremely, quite), peräti (extremely, quite, wholly), lopen (quite), kokonaisuudessaan (as a whole, in its entirety), kerrassaan (entirely, perfectly, simply), kauttaaltaan (all over, thoroughly), kaikki (all, all everything, all I have, every, everything, everything that comes my way, mitä eteeni sattuu, mitä minulla on, whole entire). (various references)

French

absolument, tout compte fait, tout � fait (all, all of), tout (all, all up, at all, in all), entièrement (at all), en tout (in all), complètement (all in, at all). (various references)

Frisian

alles (all, all of it, everything), allegearre (all, everything). (various references)

German

insgesamt (all in all, by and large, collectively, in the round, on the whole, overall, together), im Ganzen (in toto, on the whole). (various references)

Greek 

κατά ολοκληρίαν, γενικά (broadly, generally, in general, in principle, on the whole), εντελώσ (clear, completely, entirely, in toto, outright, quite, sheer, stark, tout a fait), εντελώς (completely, entirely, quite). (various references)

Hawaiian

gjithçka (all, everything). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'מרי (clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, out and out, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), בסך �"כל (by and large, in all, in total, totally). (various references)

Hungarian

teljesen (absolutely, all, at all, clean, completely, consummately, entirely, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, stark, starkly, thoroughly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, utterly, wholly), teljes egész (totality, unabridged), minden (all, all the, beyond belief, each, every, every one, everybody, everything, everything is at sixes and sevens, knowing card, max, odd hand, shirt-sleeve, to all appearances, to consider all angles of the question, to examine a question in all its bearings, to shake all over, to study every aspect of a question), együtt (along with, in conjunction with, together), egészében véve (by and large, on the whole, viewed in the large). (various references)

Indonesian

semuanya (entirely, everybody), sekaligus (off-hand, simultaneously), keseluruhan (gamut, overall, totality, whole). (various references)

Italian

tutto (all, all the, any, anything, each, each one, entire, every, every one, everybody, everything, integral, overall, whole, whole shoot). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

諸に (bodily, completely), 満更 (wholly), 悉く (entirely), そぞろ歩き (all, be just like, entirely, secretly, softly, the splitting image of), 併せて (at the same time, besides, collectively, in addition), 全部　 (all, entire, whole), 全部 (all, entire, whole), つなぎ目 (a joint, a link, all-night Mah Jongg, aloof, at all, beyond doubt, certainly, complaining, entirely, extra-high-speed Touhoku-line shinkansen, feeling awkward, gleaming, going long way at steady pace, morose, nitpicking, pointed, sauce for dipping tempura, slippery, smooth, sound of walking, surely, tie-together point, to pitchforward, trudgingly), 一切合財 (any and every thing, the whole shooting match, without reserve), 一切合切 (any and every thing, the whole shooting match, without reserve). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜ�"ぶ (a meal, all, cooking, entire, food, fore, front, front part, table, whole), そっくり (all, be just like, entirely, the splitting image of), ま�"ざら (wholly), いっさいがっさい (any and every thing, the whole shooting match, without reserve), �"と�"とく (entirely), あわせて (at the same time, besides, collectively, in addition), もろに (bodily), て�"で (at all, entirely). (various references)

Korean 

� �부 (Overall). (various references)

Lombard

tutt (all, everything), tucc (all, everything). (various references)

Malay

semua (all, everything). (various references)

Manx

trooid as trooid (broadly speaking, implicit, implicitly, in the main, on the whole, roughly speaking, taken all round), ooilley-cooidjagh (en masse, quite), ooilley dy lieragh. (various references)

Norwegian

alt i alt, all (all, all the, each, every, every one, everybody, everything), aldeles, ganske (quite). (various references)

Pig Latin

altogetheray.(various references)

Polish

wszystko (all, everything). (various references)

Portuguese

tudo (all, all sorts, everything, grab-all, gross), completamente (absolutely, all, all out, bodily, bolt, broad, clear, completely, consummately, directly, downright, entirely, exactly, fairly, full, fully, jolly, outright, overall, plenty, plumb, precious, quite, thoroughly, through, throughout, up, utterly, wholly). (various references)

Romanian

totul (all, everything), tot (all, approximately, entire, equally, everything, integer, integral, likewise, livelong, long, overall, whole), pe deplin (absolutely, full), cu desãvârşire (entirely, quite), întru totul, în general (as a rule, broadly speaking, by and large, first and last, for the main, generally, generically, in the gross, in the main, on the whole). (various references)

Russian 

совсем (all, at all, at all 1, at all 2, entirely, quite), целое (integer, total, unit, whole), всё (all, everything), всецело (completely, entirely), всего (as few as, as little as, in all), вместе (along with, en bloc, en masse, in conjunction, teamwise, together), вполне (completely, fully, hollow, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, pretty, quite, richly, thoroughly, throughly, to a nicety). (various references)

Scottish

uile (all, all : uile gu léir, all the, each, every, every one, everybody), léir , gu léir, léir (distress, entirely, pain, perception, power of seeing or being seen : is, sight, torment, wholly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u celosti (completely, en bloc, full: in full, great, totally, whole: on the whole, wholly), sveukupno (all: in all), sveukupan (entire, total, universal). (various references)

Spanish

todo (all, all in all, all of, all the, any, anything, each, entire, entirely, every, every inch, every one, everybody, everything, indiscreet, integral, overall, the lot, the whole bag of tricks, whole, works). (various references)

Sranan

alasani (all, everything), alamala (all, everything), ala (all, everything). (various references)

Swedish

alltsammans, allting (all, everything), allt som allt (on the whole), alldeles (absolutely, all, at all, clean, clear, completely, dead, entirely, exactly, fairly, just, quite, right, thoroughly, to a frazzle, wholly), tillsammans (along, hand in hand, in all, in tandem, together), sammanlagt (in all, in total), inalles (in all), hellt och hållet. (various references)

Tagalog

lahát (all, everything, general, usual). (various references)

Turkish

tamamen (absolutely, all, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), hepten (total), genelde (for the most part, generally, generally speaking, in general, largely, mostly, normally, ordinarily, usually), baştan sona (entirely, from a to izzard, from soup to nuts, over, thro, through, throughly, thru), bütün bütün (completely, through and through, thru and thru, totally, utterly, whole), bütün (aggregate, all, all out, all over the, at all, clear, complement, complete, continuum, entire, entirely, every, everything, gross, holo-, integral, omni-, one and only, out and out, overall, pan-, quite, round, sheer, solid, the total, the whole, total, totality, unbroken, undivided, utter, whole, wholly), büsbütün (all, dead, downright, entirely, fair, fairly, quite, sheer, staring, stark, wholly). (various references)

Ukrainian

сукупність (collectivity, complex, population, summation), усього, разом (among, amongst, as a whole, between, hand in hand, heave ho, in all, together), цілком (absolutely, all, all in all, all of, all out, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), ціле (aggregate, all, entire, total, whole), зовсім (any, at all, clear, outright, shrewdly, utterly, wholly), загалом (all in all, any, anywhere, by and large, in general, in sum, on the whole, totally), абсолютно (absolutely, completely, downright, fully, through and through). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tất cả (all, bodily, outright, universal), người trần tru�"ng, nói chung; nhìn to� n bộ cả thảy, ho� n to� n (all, all right, all-in-all, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughly, undivided, utter, utterly, wholly), hầu nhìn chung. (various references)

Welsh

yn gyfan gwbl (quite), popeth (all, everything), oll (all, at all, ever, wholly), llwyr (complete, entire, entirely, total), i gyd (all). (various references)

omnino, omninoque, oppido, undique, usquequaque. (various references)

nâ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "altogether": altogethers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Altogether" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aitogether, alltogether, althogether, altogethery, altogetther, altogther, altougether. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: larghetto.

-2 letters: helotage, together, tolerate.

-3 letters: aerogel, athlete, garotte, gloater, haltere, leather, legator, loather, rathole, theater, theatre, thereat, thereto.

-4 letters: aether, areole, eaglet, elater, ergate, galere, galore, gaoler, garote, gather, gelate, gelato, getter, gherao, ghetto, goatee, halter, harlot, hatter, healer, heater, hereat, hereto, hetero, hotter, lather, latter, legate, legato, letter, loathe, oleate, orgeat, rattle.

+1 letter: altogethers.

+4 letters: thermoregulate.

+5 letters: phototelegraphy, telephotography, thermoregulated, thermoregulates, thermoregulator.