altogether definition - Dictionary

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adverb

Definition:

1. with everything included: when everything is included or taken into account

Altogether, your bill comes to $75.99.

2. totally: entirely or utterly

I'm not altogether satisfied.

3. on the whole: considered as a whole

Altogether, it's been a good day.

[12th century. <all "the whole group" + together]

in the altogether naked (informal)

Word Usage


	altogether or all together? These words mean different things. Altogether means "with everything included," "totally," or "on the whole" and is an adverb (It was an altogether spectacular tennis championship; Altogether seventeen people are missing.). All together means "everyone together," "all at the same place or time"; it functions as an adjectival phrase. Usually the word all can be removed without affecting the grammar or the sense: They arrived (all) together at nine.The plates are (all) together on a separate shelf.