Altogether
/ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/adverb
Completely, in all.
I stopped seeing him altogether after the incident.
Often appears as...
- stop altogether
- altogether different
adverb
In total, adding everything together.
Altogether, the trip cost us five hundred dollars.
Often appears as...
- altogether cost
- altogether amount
adverb
Completely, in all.
I stopped seeing him altogether after the incident.
Often appears as...
- stop altogether
- altogether different
adverb
In total, adding everything together.
Altogether, the trip cost us five hundred dollars.
Often appears as...
- altogether cost
- altogether amount
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasis on End
Used for emphasizing that something has completely stopped or ended.
He decided to give up junk food altogether.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrasting Situations
Highlights a strong contrast between previous and current situations.
The sequel was altogether more exciting than the first movie.
Pro Tip 3/3Not 'All Together'
Don't confuse 'altogether' with 'all together', which means everyone or everything in one place.
They went out altogether, leaving the house empty.
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allcompleteentirein allpuretotalutterwholly
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How one teenager...
I would call people up, it would be the wrong person. It would be really awkward. I'd also have a lot of times where I'd call players up, and they didn't want to speak at all to me. They would hang up. When I said the word baseball, they would just refuse to talk altogether. This was because they faced a lot of segregation during their careers.
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Where do genes come...
They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life, or the protein may start doing a different job altogether. In snakes, for example, there's a gene that makes a protein for killing bacteria. Long ago, the gene duplicated and the new copy mutated.
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Why is it so hard to...
keeping people in poverty and potentially pushing people on the cusp of poverty over the edge. Some have suggested this feedback loop could be removed by eliminating government assistance programs altogether. But most agree the solution is neither realistic nor humane.
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Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...
parenting this might seem selfless but it can reap rewards for the males two males caring for babies are less often threatened by the males this can be an advantage the lower-ranking more henpecked males of the troop but it doesn't protect them altogether and it
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Will the ocean ever run...
Protection can take many forms. In national waters, governments can set limits about how, when, where, and how much fishing occurs, with restrictions on certain boats and equipment. Harmful practices, such as bottom trawling, can be banned altogether,
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Connected, but alone? PIPE...
so used to getting by with less, that they've become almost willing to dispense with people altogether. So for example, many people share with me this wish, that some day a more advanced version of Siri, the digital assistant on Apple's iPhone,
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My life as an outsider PIPE...
privilege allowing me to see that alien worlds can coexist and can inspire each other even leading to also connections that might eventually actually end up developing new disciplines altogether thank you
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The nurdles' quest for...
growing ever more pervasive as they wipe out marine life and reshape the ocean's ecosystems. So, how to break this cycle? The best solution would be to take plastics out of the equation altogether.
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Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
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The Final Jump PIPE...
Dean said altogether I'm gonna jump on top of you
Video examples
How one teenager...
I would call people up, it would be the wrong person. It would be really awkward. I'd also have a lot of times where I'd call players up, and they didn't want to speak at all to me. They would hang up. When I said the word baseball, they would just refuse to talk altogether. This was because they faced a lot of segregation during their careers.
Video examples
Where do genes come...
They may cause a gene to make its protein in a different organ, or at a different time of life, or the protein may start doing a different job altogether. In snakes, for example, there's a gene that makes a protein for killing bacteria. Long ago, the gene duplicated and the new copy mutated.
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
keeping people in poverty and potentially pushing people on the cusp of poverty over the edge. Some have suggested this feedback loop could be removed by eliminating government assistance programs altogether. But most agree the solution is neither realistic nor humane.
Video examples
Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...
parenting this might seem selfless but it can reap rewards for the males two males caring for babies are less often threatened by the males this can be an advantage the lower-ranking more henpecked males of the troop but it doesn't protect them altogether and it
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
Protection can take many forms. In national waters, governments can set limits about how, when, where, and how much fishing occurs, with restrictions on certain boats and equipment. Harmful practices, such as bottom trawling, can be banned altogether,
Video examples
Connected, but alone? PIPE...
so used to getting by with less, that they've become almost willing to dispense with people altogether. So for example, many people share with me this wish, that some day a more advanced version of Siri, the digital assistant on Apple's iPhone,
Video examples
My life as an outsider PIPE...
privilege allowing me to see that alien worlds can coexist and can inspire each other even leading to also connections that might eventually actually end up developing new disciplines altogether thank you
Video examples
The nurdles' quest for...
growing ever more pervasive as they wipe out marine life and reshape the ocean's ecosystems. So, how to break this cycle? The best solution would be to take plastics out of the equation altogether.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Woolf experiments with collective consciousness, at times collapsing the six voices into one. "It is not one life that I look back I am not one I am many I do not altogether know who I am,
Video examples
The Final Jump PIPE...
Dean said altogether I'm gonna jump on top of you
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Theodore Sturgeon
American Writer
Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether.
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Norm Coleman
American Politician
It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
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Roy H. Williams
American Businessman
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
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Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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John Hurt
British Actor
The difference between anger and deep remorse - remorse is much fatter. It's a deeper feeling altogether. Anger is too easy an escape for my money.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Alan Watts
English Philosopher
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
If you have only one life, you can't altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it?
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.
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Theodore Sturgeon
American Writer
Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether.
Quote examples
Norm Coleman
American Politician
It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
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Roy H. Williams
American Businessman
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
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Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
Quote examples
John Hurt
British Actor
The difference between anger and deep remorse - remorse is much fatter. It's a deeper feeling altogether. Anger is too easy an escape for my money.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Alan Watts
English Philosopher
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
If you have only one life, you can't altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it?
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.
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