altogether

al·to·geth·er  (ôlt-gr)

adv.

1. Entirely; completely; utterly: lost the TV picture altogether; an altogether new approach.

2. With all included or counted; all told: There were altogether 20 people at the dinner.

3. On the whole; with everything considered: Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.

n.

A state of nudity. Often used with the: in the altogether.

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[Middle English al togeder : al, all; see all + togeder, together; see together.]

Usage Note: Altogether and all together do not mean the same thing. We use all together to indicate that the members of a group perform or undergo an action collectively: The nations stood all together. The prisoners were herded all together. All together is used only in sentences that can be rephrased so that all and together may be separated by other words: The books lay all together in a heap. All the books lay together in a heap.

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altogether

Adverb

1. completely: an altogether different message

2. on the whole: this is not altogether a bad thing

3. in total: altogether, 25 aircraft took part

Noun

in the altogether Informal naked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	altogether - informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" birthday suit, raw nakedness, nudeness, nudity - the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Adv.	1.	altogether - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" all, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	2.	altogether - with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns close to a million dollars" all told, in all
	3.	altogether - with everything considered (and neglecting details); "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad" all in all, on the whole, tout ensemble

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altogether

adverb 1. absolutely, quite, completely, totally, perfectly, fully, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, downright, one hundred per cent (informal) undisputedly, lock, stock and barrel

adverb 2. completely, all, fully, entirely, comprehensively, thoroughly, wholly, every inch, one hundred per cent (informal) in every respect << OPPOSITE partially

adverb 3. on the whole, generally, mostly, in general, collectively, all things considered, on average, for the most part, all in all, on balance, in toto (Latin) as a whole

adverb 4. in total, in all, all told, taken together, in sum, everything included, in toto (Latin)

USAGE The single-word form altogether should not be used as an alternative to all together because the meanings are very distinct. Altogether is an adverb meaning `absolutely' or, in a different sense, ` in total'. All together, however, means `all at the same time' or 'all in the same place'. The distinction can be seen in the following example: altogether there were six or seven families sharing the flat's facilities means ` in total', while there were six or seven families all together in one flat, means `all crowded in together'.

Translations

altogether [ɔːltəˈgɛðəʳ] adv → completamente, del todo (= on the whole, in all); en total, en conjunto;

how much is that altogether? → ¿cuánto es todo or en total?

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altogether [ɔːltəˈgɛðəʳ] adv → entièrement, tout à fait (= on the whole); tout compte fait (= in all); en tout;

how much is that altogether? → ça fait combien en tout?

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altogether [ɔːltəˈgɛðəʳ] adv → ganz;

(on the whole, in all) → im Ganzen, insgesamt;

how much is that altogether? → was macht das zusammen?

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altogether [ɔːltəˈgɛðəʳ] adv → del tutto, completamente (= on the whole); tutto considerato (= in all); in tutto;

how much is that altogether? → quant'è in tutto?

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altogether

adv altogether [oːltəˈgeðə]

1 completely I'm not altogether satisfied. heeltemal كُلِّيَّا съвсем úplně helt; fuldstændig ganz und gar εντελώς del todo, totalmente täiesti کاملاً؛ کلاً täysin entièrement לְגַמרֵי पूर्ण रुप से potpuno teljesen sama sekali með öllu, gersamlega totalmente, interamente 全く 완전히, 전혀 visiškai, iki galo pilnīgi keseluruhannya helemaal helt, fullstendig do końca, całkowicie totalmente pe deplin вполне, совсем celkom popolnoma sasvim helt [], alldeles ทั้งหมด tamamen 完全地 зовсім, цілком کامل طور پر ، مطلقاً hoàn toàn 完全地

2 on the whole and considering everything I'm wet, I'm tired and I'm cold. Altogether I'm not feeling very cheerful. alles inaggenome بِالإجْمَال напълно celkem vzato alt i alt; i det hele taget insgesamt γενικά en conjunto kokkuvõttes در کل؛ رویهمرفته kaiken kaikkiaan dans l'ensemble בְּסַך הַכֹּל, בסה”כ कुल मिला कर sve u svemu egészében véve secara keseluruhan með tilliti til alls tutto considerato 全体として 대체로 apskritai kalbant, iš viso kopumā; visumā keseluruhannya alles samengenomen alt i alt, i det hele (tatt) ogólnie mówiąc no todo una peste alta в общем, в целом celkom skratka Sve u svemu på det hela taget ด้วยประการทั้งปวง genelde, bütünüyle 總而言之 загалом مجموعی طور پر nhìn chung 总而言之