noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
togetherness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: T AH0 G EH1 DH ER0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
affectionate closeness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: closeness, intimacy
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English together Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English togetherness From together + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: за́едност (záednost) — state or quality
- Czech: soudržnost — state or quality
- Czech: semknutost — state or quality
- Finnish: yhteenkuuluvuus — state or quality
- Galician: unión — state or quality
- German: Zweisamkeit — state or quality
- German: Zusammengehörigkeit — state or quality
- Indonesian: kebersamaan — state or quality
- Portuguese: comunhão — state or quality
- Spanish: unión — state or quality
- Swedish: samhörighet — state or quality
- Swedish: samvaro — state or quality