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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
together
1 together 2 people together 3 things together 4 not together; separate meeting sb MEET having a meeting MEETING working together WORK coming together or putting things together JOIN
1 together - with each other: together Can we have lunch together? ◎ Keep together while we are going round the museum. ◎ Put your feet together. ◎ Mix the egg, flour and milk together. ◎ Add these numbers together to get the total. - a number of people or things that are together: group; to put sb/sth together into one or more groups: group sb/sth A group of us went to see a film last night. ◎ The children were grouped according to their age. ※ groups of people GROUP - two people, animals or things that are closely connected or belong together: pair The teacher asked the students to get into pairs to do the exercise. ◎ A pair of hawks are nesting in the woods near our house. ◎ a pair of gloves - if several different types of people or things are together, they are mixed, miscellaneous; noun: mixture mixed nuts ◎ a miscellaneous collection of photographs ◎ a mixture of nationalities - a number of things which are different from each other, mixed: variety (of sth) (noun singular); adjective: various A wide variety of goods were on display. ◎ The college offers various kinds of courses. ※ being the same or different SAME, DIFFERENT
2 people together - being with a person: company (noun U) I really enjoy his company (= I like being with him). - a person or animal that you spend a lot of time with: companion a travelling companion ◎ Her dog is her only companion. - two people who are married or living together: couple the couple who live next door - to spend time and go to places regularly with sb: go* round/around/about with sb, go* around together I don't like the people you are going around with. - to be with and talk to other people: associate with sb, mix with sb I don't associate with people from work. ◎ Her father thought she was mixing with the wrong sort of people. - always together: inseparable inseparable friends - to go with sb to a place: go* (along) with sb, accompany sb I went along to the post office with Carmen. ◎ The students were accompanied by their teacher. ※ taking sb to a place BRING/TAKE/CARRY - (used about two people) holding each other's hands: hand in hand; with your arm linked together with sb else's arm: arm in arm They were walking along arm in arm. - if people are beside each other they are side by side We sat side by side on a wall.
3 things together - a number of things that belong together: set a set of furniture ◎ a chess set ◎ a set of mathematical problems - a number of objects of a particular type that have been brought together: collection There was a large collection of papers on the table. ◎ a stamp collection - to bring together a number of objects of a particular type over a period of time because they interest you: collect sth; a person who does this: collector He has managed to collect together a large number of books and papers connected with the life of his famous uncle. - a number of things of the same type, joined together or growing together: bunch a bunch of flowers/bananas - a number of things that are tied or wrapped together: bundle a bundle of clothes ◎ a bundle of letters with an elastic band around them - a number of things lying on top of one another or in a large mass: pile a pile of books ◎ a pile of sand - an untidy pile: heap All his clothes are in a heap on the floor. - to put things in a pile or heap: pile sth (up), heap sth (up) Where shall we pile all this sand? ◎ They heaped all the boxes in the corner.
4 not together; separate - things which are not together are separate (adverb separately) We sat at separate tables. ◎ Do you think they look better together or separately? - separately; away from sb/sth or each other: apart (from sb/sth) They're always arguing, so it's best to keep them apart. ◎ Our two houses are only about five miles apart. ◎ She sat apart from the rest of the group, apparently absorbed in her own thoughts. - without any other person: alone I live alone. - without another person or thing: (all) on your own, (all) by yourself ※ more on being alone ALONE - not together; at different times or in different places: one by one, individually, separately We'll have to see them one by one. ◎ Put the glasses carefully into the box, one by one. ◎ We went in to the interview room one by one. ◎ We talked to them all individually. ※ becoming separate - to stop being together: separate, split* up; to make people or things separate: separate sb/sth (from sb/sth); noun (C/U): separation We separated outside the station and went our different ways. ◎ The rocket separated into two parts. ◎ Separate the whites of the eggs from the yolks. ◎ a painful separation ◎ separation from family and friends - to separate sth from what it is joined to: detach sth (from sth) The collar had become detached from my shirt. - to separate from sth else by force: break* off; to cause sth to separate from sth else by force: break* sth off Part of the wing broke off, causing the pilot to lose control of the plane. ◎ He broke off another piece of chocolate and gave it to the child. - something which can be detached is detachable a detachable bicycle lamp - to break or separate into parts: divide (into sth); to break or separate sth into parts: divide sth (up) (into sth); noun (U): division - a thing that separates sb/sth: division (between sth and sth) There is a deep division in this country between rich and poor. ※ more on dividing things DIVIDE
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