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Get Together

Definition: Get Together

Get Together

Noun

1. A small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my livingroom".

Verb

1. Get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members".

2. Get together socially or for a specific purpose.

3. Work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group".

4. Become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man".

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


Synonyms: Get Together

Synonyms: meeting (n), assemble (v), collaborate (v), cooperate (v), fall in (v), gather (v), join (v), join forces (v), meet (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Get Together

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assemblage

Verb: assemble, collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble.

Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Get Together

English words defined with "get together": accumulate, amasscollaborate, collect, compile, cooperatedategarner, gatherhoardjoin forcesmeetpile up, pull togethersometime. (references)
Specialty definitions using "get together": Have a meeting. (references)

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Modern Usage: Get Together

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart)

Let's try something new, because I know that most couples when they first get together are inclined to slam on the brakes because they're concerned about Bob Rumson's drool. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I curse you, you curse me, let's get together and do a little cursing. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

We have to get together this summer! (Ghost World; writing credit: Daniel Clowes)

I just wanted you to know I had the hugest boner and I was just wondering if maybe you and I could get together andwork it out. (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont)

Lyrics

The Love Shack is a little old place where we can get together (Love Shack; performing artist: B-52'S)

I don't know when, but we'll get together then son ("The Cat's in the Cradle"; performing artist: Harry Chapin)

Let's get together on the killin floor (Girl With the Hungry Eyes; performing artist: JEFFERSON STARSHIP)

And when the bad folks all get together at night (You Don't Mess Around With Jim; performing artist: Jim Croce)

What's the matter, what's the problem, get together and (Come and Get Your Love; performing artist: Real McCoy)

Movie/TV Titles

The Get Together (1994)

Song Titles

Get Together (performing artist: Nick and the Animal Mind Gravenites)

Let's Get Together (performing artist: Hayley Mills)

Get Together (performing artist: The Youngbloods)

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

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Commercial Usage: Get Together

DomainTitle

Books

  • Girlfriends Get Together 2003 Block Calendar: Food, Frolic, and Fun Times (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: Get Together

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Let's get together. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oregon, Josephine County, Grants Pass. "California Day" picnic. Get together after the speeches are over. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Familiar Quotations: Get Together

AuthorQuotation

Kearney

How did a fool and his money get together in the first place?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Get Together

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

People with cancer often get together in support groups, where they can share what they have learned about coping with their disease and the effects of their treatment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Get Together

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I challenge you to get together and find a way to make the minimum wage a living wage.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Get Together

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

get together

20

let get together

16

get together game

7

get together the youngbloods

5

back ex get together

3

youngbloods let get together

2

back get together we will

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Get Together

Language Translations for "get together"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

grumbulloj (accumulate, amalgamate, amass, assemble, clamp, collect, compile, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, heap, hoard, mass, pile, pool, rally, stack, unite), grumbullohemi, mbrëmje (dew-fall, even, evening, eventide, night, soiree, vesper), mbltdhje e ngushtë, mblidhemi, mbledh (accumulate, add, add together, assemble, bank, brush up, call in, call together, cast, cast up, clench, collate, collect, compile, compress, congregate, convene, convoke, draw, dredge, drum up, focus, fold, fund, furl, gather, group, herd, impound, kilt, levy, lift, make up, pack, pick, pick off, pick up, pool, rally, reap, round up, scoop up, shut, sweep, take, total, totalize). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كدس (accumulate, amass, cumulate, heap, heap up, overstock, pile, pile up, stack), ‏لقاء (appointment, congress, encounter, match, meeting, rendezvous), ‏تعاون (club up, collaborate, collaboration, communion, concur, conspire, cooperate, cooperation, cope, joining, participate, pull together, team up, unite, work for smth.), ‏تجمع (aggregation, assemblage, assemble, collect, concentrate, concourse, congregation, converge, convergence, flock, gather, gathering, group, grouping, huddle, league, mass, muster, organization, pile up, pool, press, rally, reassemble), ‏ترابط (correlate, correlation, interconnection, linkage), ‏إلتقى (concur, converge, meet, reunite), ‏إتحد (associate, band together, cohere, incorporate, integrate, join, make a bee-line for a place, marry, meet, merge), ‏إجتمع (assemble, congregate, convene, gang up on, herd with, meet, muster, reunite, summon). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвещавам се (powwow), събиране (accumulation, addition, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, casting, collection, convention, convergence, gathering, levy, meet, meeting, muster, summation), събирам (accumulate, add, add together, add up, aggregate, amass, assemble, bring together, call forth, call together, club, collect, compile, congregate, cumulate, drum up, embody, enlist, foot, furl, garner, gather, harvest, lump, lump together, mass, muster, muster up, pin down, pull together, punch, raise, rake, rake together, rake up, rally, reassemble, reunite, round up, run up, scare up, sum, sum up, swoop, total, totalize, whip in), срещам се (converge, cross, exist, forgather, meet, range, see), срещам (face, find, meet, see), среща (date, match, meet, meeting, rendezvous), слагам в ред (iron out, order, straighten), организирам (mastermind, orchestrate, organize, promote, put on, regiment, set on foot, sponsor, stage, stage-manage). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uspořádat si, spojit se (ally, integrate, join together), smontovat (erect), shromáždit se (assemble, collect, concentrate on smth., congregate, convene, crowd, flog together, gather, group, rally, troop), shromáždìní (assemblage, assembly, constituent assembly, convention, gathering, muster, parliament, rally, roundup), sejít se (convene, meet), našetřit. (various references)

   

French

  

s'unifier, se rassembler, se raccommoder, se réunir, se mettre ensemble, se lier, se collaborer, ressouder, rencontre, faire accumuler. (various references)

   

German

  

zwangloses beisammensein, zusammenkunft (assemblage, gathering, meeting, reunion), zusammenkommen (accrue, accumulate, assemble, be collected, combine, come together, congregate, conspire, convene, foregather, forgather, gather, gather round, link up, meet, meet together, merge, mount up, to foregather, to forgather, to get together), zusammenbringen (bring together, scrape through, scratch together, scratch up), vereinigen (ally, amalgamate, associate, bring together, capture, combine, coordinate, federate, fuse, fuze, join, merge, pool, to ally, to amalgamate, to associate, to confederate, to fuse, to incorporate, to rejoin, unify, unite), treff (clubs, haunt, meeting, rendezvous), sich zusammensetzen (make up, sit together), sich zusammenschließen (amalgamate, band together, combine, join together, link together, link up, merge, unite), sich versöhnen (become reconciled, make it up, make up), sammeln (assemble, collect, compile, gather, gathering, glean, pick, pick up, pile up, rally, save, stack, to collect, to gather, to glean), liieren (be allied, bring together, have a relationship), beisammensein. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σμίγω (get together 1, get together 2, intermingle, join, mingle, mix), συγκεντρώνω (amass, band, bring together, center, centralize, centre, collect, concentrate, consolidate, focalize, focus, focus on, get together 2, marshal, muster, summon up), συναντιέμαι (meet), συναθροίζω (aggregate, assemble, congregate, gather, muster, reassebble). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מפ'ש (confluence, junction, meeting, meeting place, rendezvous), לשתף פעול" (collaborate, cooperate, pull together, string along with), לאחות (darn, fasten, join, patch, piece, piece together, stitch together), ל"תא'" (band, be amalgamated, combine, unite), ל"תאסף (assemble, congregate, forgather), ל"פ'ש (converge, meet). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

találkozó (appointment, meet, rendezvous, reunion, tryst), összeszed (collect, rake, to gather, to muster, to muster up, to pack, to pick up, to rake up, to rally), összeszalad, összejövetel (assembly, bash, bee, clubbing, consort, function, gathering, party, reunion, rout, salon), összejön valakivel. (various references)

   

Italian

  

riunione (assembly, congregation, meet, meeting, muster, proceedings, rally, reunion, round up, session). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

. (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

へい (3rd in rank, be in a row, equal, fence, lean on, lie heavy, line up, rank with, recline on, rival, third sign of the Chinese calendar, wall). (various references)

   

Manx

  

giense (carousal, ceilidh, do, entertainment, feast, feasting, festival, house party, junket, revel, social), cheet ry-cheilley (amalgamate, club, come together, confluence, congress, converge, focusing, harmonize, herd, mix, tally). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etgay ogethertay

   

Portuguese

  

reunir (adjoin, aggregate, annex, annexe, assemble, band, center, centre, collect, combine, congregate, convene, crowd, gang, gather, get-together, group, join, mass, muster, piece, piece together, put together, rally, rejoin, reunite, unite), ficar junto, encontrar (come across, detect, discover, encounter, experience, find, find out, hunt up, impinge, meet, meet with, one finds, to encounter, to find, to meet). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se întruni (congregate, meet), se înţelege (agree, arrange, get along with, stand in, understand), întrunire (assembly, bevy, congregation, meet, meeting, rally). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

собираться (assemble, be ~ intended to, be about to, be going, be intended to, club, collect, congregate, forgather, gather, get set to, meet, meet together, reunite). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

okupljanje, okupiti se (crowd round, mob). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

verse (flinch, meet, rendezvous, show, turn over), reunirse (accede, be assembled, come together, draw together, gather, gather together, join, link up, meet, reunite, round up), reunir (assemble, bring together, build up, collect, combine, draw together, drum up, gather, gather together, join, put together, reunite, round up, scrape together, scrape up, scratch together, scratch up, unite), organizar la fiesta, juntar (aggregate, collect, couple, draw together, gather together, join, join up, joint, knit together, pair, piece together, put together, scare up, tie, unite), hecho por segunda vez. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

träffas (chance to meet, happen to meet, meet, meet you), träff (date, gathering, hit, meeting, rendezvous), sammankomst (assemblage, assembly, convention, gathering, interview, meeting, reunion, session, sociable), samla (assemble, collect, gather, gathers, glean, hive, muster, pick up, rally, store up, whip up), få ihop (close, collect). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

toplantı (assemblage, assembly, company, concourse, conference, congress, convention, convocation, court, forum, function, gathering, meeting, parley, powwow, rally, séance, session), toplanmak (accumulate, agglomerate, assemble, band together, build, bunch, club, club together, cluster, collect, combine, congregate, convene, crowd, drift, flock, forgather, gather, group, herd, horde, keep together, meet, meet in council, mob, muster, rally, reunite, roll up, shoal, sit, sit on, swarm, swarm to a place, throng, troop, troop together, troop up, turn out), parti (bash, do, hand, parcel, party, setout, shindig, shipment), buluşmak (date, date up, happen on, happen upon, meet), anlaşmaya varmak (come to an agreement, come to an arrangement, come to an understanding with, reach an agreement, settle with, strike a balance). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вечірка (evening, kick up, party, social), неофіційна нарада, збиратися (agglomerate, amass, assemble, band, be about, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get ready, make ready, meet, muster, pick oneself up, rally), дійти згоди. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Get Together

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 12, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKatanohsate touV korakaV oti ou speirousin oude qerizousin oiV ouk estin tameion oude apoqhkh kai o qeoV trefei autouV posw mallon umeiV diaferete twn peteinwn
Latin405VulgateConsiderate corvos quia non seminant neque metunt quibus non est cellarium neque horreum et Deus pascit illos quanto magis vos pluris estis illis
Old English990West SaxonBesceawiað þa hrefnas þæt hig ne sawað ne ne ripað: nabbað hig heddern ne bern: ac god hig fett. þæs þe ma ge synt hyra selran;
Middle English1395WyclifBiholde ye crowis, for thei sowen not, nethir repen, to whiche is no celer, ne berne, and God fedith hem. Hou myche more ye ben of more prijs than thei.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleConsidre the ravens for they nether sowe nor repe which nether have stoorehousse ner barne and yet God fedeth them. How moche are ye better then the foules.
Jacobean English1611King JamesConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Victorian English1833WebsterConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: which neither have store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls?
Basic English1964OgdenGive thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Get Together

LanguageLuke Chapter 12, Verse 24
CebuanoPalandunga ninyo ang mga uwak: wala sila magpugas ni mag-ani, wala silay tipiganan ni dapa; ang Dios mao ang nagapakaon kanila. Pagkalabaw pa gayud ninyog bili kay sa mga langgam!
CroatianPromotrite gavrane! Ne siju niti žanju, nemaju spremišta ni žitnice, pa ipak ih Bog hrani. Koliko li ste vi vredniji od ptica!
DanishGiver Agt på Ravnene, at de hverken så eller høste og de have ikke Forrådskammer eller Lade, og Gud føder dem; hvor langt mere værd end Fuglene ere dog I?
DutchAanmerkt de raven, dat zij niet zaaien, noch maaien, welke geen spijskamer noch schuur hebben, en God voedt dezelve; hoeveel gaat gij de vogelen te boven?
FinnishKatselkaa kaarneita: eivät ne kylvä eivätkä leikkaa, eikä niillä ole säilytyshuonetta eikä aittaa; ja Jumala ruokkii ne. Kuinka paljoa suurempiarvoiset te olette kuin linnut!
FrenchConsidérez les corbeaux: ils ne sèment ni ne moissonnent, ils n`ont ni cellier ni grenier; et Dieu les nourrit. Combien ne valez-vous pas plus que les oiseaux!
GermanNehmet wahr der Raben: die sähen nicht, sie ernten auch nicht, sie haben auch keinen Keller noch Scheune; und Gott nährt sie doch. Wie viel aber seid ihr besser denn die Vögel!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPerhatikanlah burung-burung gagak! Mereka tidak menanam, tidak menuai, tidak juga mempunyai gudang atau lumbung. Tetapi Allah memelihara mereka! Kalian jauh lebih berharga daripada burung-burung!
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPerhatikanlah hal burung gagak, tiada ia menabur benih atau menuai, dan tiada padanya tempat bekal atau lumbung, maka Allah juga memeliharakan dia, apatah lagi lebihnya kamu daripada burung-burung itu!
Manx GaelicSmooinee-jee er ny fee: son cha vel ad cuirr, ny buinn: cha vel thie stoyr ny soalt oc, as ta Jee dyn meaghey ad: As nagh vel shiuish foddey share na ny eeanlee?
MaoriWhakaaroa nga rawene; kahore nei e whakato, kahore e kokoti, kahore a ratou pakoro, kahore he whare witi; heoi e whangaia ana ratou e te Atua: tera noa ake koutou i nga manu.
NorwegianGi akt på ravnene: de hverken sår eller høster, de har ikke matbod eller lade, og Gud før dem allikevel. Hvor meget mere er ikke I enn fuglene!
RumanianUitayi-vq cu bqgare de seamq la corbi: ei nu samqnq, nici nu secerq, n`au nici cqmarq, nici grknar: wi totuw Dumnezeu ki hrqnewte. Cu ckt mai de prey sknteyi voi deckt pqsqrile!
ShuarChinkisha Enentáimsatarum. Niisha arakmainiatsui. Juuk yurumkan ikiuiniatsui. Tuma ain Yuska ni Yurumátniurin tuke Súawai. Atumsha chinkia Nú nankaamaschakaitrum.
SpanishConsiderad los cuervos, que ni siembran, ni siegan, ni tienen almacenes ni graneros; y Dios los alimenta. ¡Cuánto más valéis vosotros que las aves!
SwahiliChukueni kwa mfano, kunguru: hawapandi, hawavuni wala hawana ghala yoyote. Hata hivyo, Mungu huwalisha. Ninyi mna thamani zaidi kuliko ndege!
SwedishGiven akt på korparna: de så icke, ej heller skörda de, och de hava varken visthus eller lada; och likväl föder Gud dem. Huru mycket mer ären icke I än fåglarna!
UmaPenonoi-dile danci kaa' -e. Uma-ra molia', uma-ra mepae, uma ria poropo' -ra ba wilulu-ra. Aga nau' wae, Alata'ala mpowai' moto-ra pongkoni'. Peliu-liu-nami koi', apa' hi poncilo Alata'ala meliu tuwu' -ni ngkai katuwu' danci, pai' meliu pompewili' -na hi koi' ngkai pompewili' -na hi danci.

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

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Misspellings: Get Together

Misspellings

"Get Together" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gettogether. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Get Together

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-g-h-o-r-t-t-t"

-2 letters: georgette.

-3 letters: together.

-4 letters: teether, thereto.

-5 letters: getter, ghetto, gorget, hereto, hetero, hogger, hogget, hotter, teeter, teethe, terete, tether, tetter, tother, totter.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Bible Trace
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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