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get together

/gɛt təˌgɛðər/
/gɛt təˈgɛðə/
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Other forms: got together; getting together; gotten together; gets together

Definitions of get together
  1. verb
    get people together
    get together all those who are interested in the project”
    synonyms: assemble, gather
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    types:
    make
    form by assembling individuals or constituents
  2. verb
    get together socially or for a specific purpose
    synonyms: meet
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    types:
    pick up
    meet someone for sexual purposes
    reunite
    have a reunion; unite again
    rendezvous
    meet at a rendezvous
    call, call in, visit
    pay a brief visit
    celebrate, fete
    have a celebration
    see
    go to see for professional or business reasons
    see
    go to see for a social visit
    come by, drop by, drop in
    visit informally and spontaneously
    jubilate
    celebrate a jubilee
    jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up
    celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
    party
    have or participate in a party
    receive
    have or give a reception
  3. verb
    become part of; become a member of a group or organization
    synonyms: fall in, join
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    sign up
    join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"
    band oneself, league together
    attach oneself to a group
    organise, organize, unionise, unionize
    form or join a union
    affiliate
    join in an affiliation
    rejoin
    connect or put together again
    infiltrate, penetrate
    enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
    unify, unite
    act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
    league
    unite to form a league
    federalise, federalize, federate
    unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
    enlist
    join the military
    confederate
    form a confederation with; of nations
    ally with
    unite formally; of interest groups or countries
    associate, consociate
    bring or come into association or action
    band together, confederate
    form a group or unite
    reunify, reunite
    unify again, as of a country
    couple, pair, pair off, partner off
    form a pair or pairs
    club
    unite with a common purpose
  4. verb
    work together on a common enterprise of project
    “The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well”
    collaborate
    cooperate as a traitor
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    types:
    collaborate
    cooperate as a traitor
    go along, play along
    cooperate or pretend to cooperate
    type of:
    work
    exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
  5. noun
    a small informal social gathering
    synonyms: get-together, meeting
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    conventicle
    a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
    appointment, date, engagement
    a meeting arranged in advance
    visit
    a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
    lunch meeting, luncheon meeting
    a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
    power breakfast
    a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast
    seance, session, sitting
    a meeting of spiritualists
    blind date
    a date with a stranger
    double date
    a date in which two couples participate
    rendezvous, tryst
    a date, usually with a love interest
    type of:
    social affair, social gathering
    a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
Pronunciation
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/gɛt təˌgɛðər/
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/gɛt təˈgɛðə/
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