ALL meanings of altogether
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A a - adverb altogether You use altogether to emphasize that something has stopped, been done, or finished completely. 3
- adverb altogether You use altogether in front of an adjective or adverb to emphasize a quality that someone or something has. 3
- adverb altogether You use altogether to modify a negative statement and make it less forceful. 3
- adverb altogether You can use altogether to introduce a summary of what you have been saying. 3
- adverb altogether If several amounts add up to a particular amount altogether, that amount is their total. 3
- adverb altogether with everything included 3
- adverb altogether completely; utterly; totally 3
- adverb altogether on the whole 3
- adverb altogether wholly; completely 3
- adverb altogether in all; all being counted 3
- adverb altogether everything being considered; on the whole 3
- noun altogether The forms altogether and all together, though often indistinguishable in speech, are distinct in meaning. The adverb altogether means “wholly, entirely, completely”: an altogether confused scene. The phrase all together means “in a group”: The children were all together in the kitchen. This all can be omitted without seriously affecting the meaning: The children were together in the kitchen. 1
- adverb altogether in total 1
- adverb altogether completely 1
- adverb altogether overall, in all 1
- noun altogether Completely; totally. 1
- adverb altogether wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting. 1
- adverb altogether with all or everything included: The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollars. 1
- adverb altogether with everything considered; on the whole: Altogether, I'm glad it's over. 1
- idioms altogether in the altogether, Informal. nude: When the phone rang she had just stepped out of the bathtub and was in the altogether. 1
- adverb altogether Without exception; wholly; completely. 0
- adverb altogether On the whole; with everything considered. 0