Phrase guide

get together

verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To meet, to gather together, to congregate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • 2001, Karen S Smith, Up To No Good, 2004, Black Lace, London, unnumbered page, This was what a hen night should be: just a group of good friends getting together to enjoy unpretentious fun away from other people’s eyes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To accumulate, to gather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To agree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To start dating; to start being a couple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, reciprocal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To have sex

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a small informal social gathering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there was an informal meeting in my living room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meeting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social gathering, social affair

Narrower terms: conventicle, date, appointment, engagement, visit, luncheon meeting, lunch meeting, power breakfast, seance, sitting, session

8

verb

Meaning 8

work together on a common enterprise of project

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
  • We joined forces with another research group

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: collaborate, join forces, cooperate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work

Narrower terms: collaborate, play along, go along

9

verb

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He joined the Communist Party as a young man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: join, fall in

Antonyms: none provided

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

10

verb

Meaning 10

get together socially or for a specific purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meet

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: pick up, reunite, rendezvous, visit, call in, call, celebrate, fete

11

verb

Meaning 11

get people together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • assemble your colleagues
  • get together all those who are interested in the project
  • gather the close family members

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assemble, gather

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: make

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: срещам (sreštam) — to meet
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎪᎲᏍᎦ (analigohvsga) — to meet
  • Chickasaw: ittafama — to meet
  • Dutch: samenkomen — to meet
  • Esperanto: kunveni — to meet
  • Icelandic: koma saman — to meet
  • Korean: 만나다 (mannada) — to meet
  • Portuguese: reunir — to meet
  • Spanish: reunir — to meet
  • Spanish: juntar — to meet
  • Turkish: toplanmak — to meet
  • Turkish: buluşmak — to meet
  • Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se) — to accumulate
  • Portuguese: acumular — to accumulate
  • Portuguese: juntar — to accumulate
  • Spanish: reunir — to accumulate
  • Icelandic: slá sér saman — to agree
  • Icelandic: slá sér saman um — to agree
  • Portuguese: aceitar — to agree
  • Turkish: uzlaşmak — to agree
  • Icelandic: deita — start dating
  • Swedish: bli ihop — start dating
  • Swedish: dejta — start dating