get together

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noun

a small informal social gathering

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there was an informal meeting in my living room

• Syn: ↑meeting

• Derivationally related forms: ↑meet (for: ↑meeting)

• Hypernyms: ↑social gathering, ↑social affair

• Hyponyms:

↑conventicle, ↑date, ↑appointment, ↑engagement, ↑visit, ↑luncheon meeting, ↑lunch meeting, ↑power breakfast, ↑seance, ↑sitting, ↑session

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verb

1. get people together (Freq. 1)

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assemble your colleagues

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get together all those who are interested in the project

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gather the close family members

• Syn: ↑assemble, ↑gather

• Derivationally related forms: ↑gathering (for: ↑gather), ↑assemblage (for: ↑assemble)

• Hyponyms: ↑make

• Cause: ↑meet, ↑gather, ↑assemble, ↑forgather, ↑foregather

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody

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They want to get together the prisoners

2. get together socially or for a specific purpose (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑meet

• Derivationally related forms: ↑meet (for: ↑meet), ↑meeter (for: ↑meet), ↑meeting (for: ↑meet)

• Hyponyms:

↑pick up, ↑reunite, ↑rendezvous, ↑visit, ↑call in, ↑call, ↑celebrate, ↑fete

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

3. work together on a common enterprise of project (Freq. 1)

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The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well

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We joined forces with another research group

• Syn: ↑collaborate, ↑join forces, ↑cooperate

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cooperative (for: ↑cooperate), ↑cooperation (for: ↑cooperate), ↑cooperator (for: ↑cooperate), ↑collaborative (for: ↑collaborate), ↑collaboration (for: ↑collaborate), ↑collaborator (for: ↑collaborate)

• Hypernyms: ↑work

• Hyponyms: ↑collaborate, ↑play along, ↑go along

• Verb Group: ↑collaborate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

4. become part of; become a member of a group or organization

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He joined the Communist Party as a young man

• Syn: ↑join, ↑fall in

• Derivationally related forms: ↑joiner (for: ↑join)

• Hyponyms:

↑sign up, ↑band oneself, ↑league together, ↑unionize, ↑unionise, ↑organize, ↑organise, ↑affiliate, ↑rejoin, ↑infiltrate, ↑penetrate, ↑unite, ↑unify

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s something

(for: ↑join)

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Somebody ——s somebody

(for: ↑join)

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gather or assemble socially or to cooperate

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get together [phrasal verb]

1 a : to meet and spend time together

I'd like to get together with you soon.

He often gets together with his friends after work.

1 b : to begin to have a sexual or romantic relationship

He and his wife first got together in college.

1 c get (people) together : to cause (people) to meet or to have a relationship

Their shared interest in photography is what got them together.

2 : to agree to do or accept something

— often + on

The two sides have been unable to get together on a new contract.

3 get together (things or people) or get (things or people) together : to collect (things) or gather (people) into one place or group

He got together [=assembled] a great art collection.

The government got together a group of experts to study the problem.

We're still trying to get together [=obtain] the money we need to buy a new car.

4 get your act together or get yourself together or get it together informal

4 a or get your life together : to begin to live in a good and sensible way : to stop being confused, foolish, etc.

His life got much better when he stopped drinking and got his act together.

4 b : to begin to function in a skillful or effective way

The company finally got its act together and started making a profit this year.

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Main Entry: ↑get