get together
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Definition
Verb (phrasal verb):
- To assemble or meet socially: To come together with other people, often for a social purpose or a specific activity.
- To organize or cause people to assemble: To bring people together into one place or group.
Noun (often written as "get-together"):
- A small, informal social gathering: A casual meeting or party of people.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- We should get together for coffee next week.
- The manager got the team together to discuss the new project.
- Noun ("get-together"):
- They're having a little get-together at their house on Saturday.
- The family get-together was very enjoyable.
Advanced Usage
- "to get one's thoughts together": To organize one's ideas or feelings.
- I need a moment to get my thoughts together before the presentation.
- "to get it together" (idiomatic): To become organized or effective; to gain control of one's life or situation.
- After a difficult year, he finally got it together and found a good job.
Variants and Related Words
- Get-together (n): The standard noun form, often hyphenated.
- The office get-together is scheduled for Friday.
- Gathering (n): A more general synonym for an assembly of people.
- Assemble (v): A more formal verb meaning to gather or bring together.
Synonyms
- Meet up: To come together with someone.
- Gather: To come or bring together.
- Assemble: To bring people or things together into a group.
- Convene: To come or bring together for a meeting (more formal).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Get along: To have a harmonious relationship.
- Fortunately, all the team members get along well.
- Get by: To manage to live or survive, often with difficulty.
- They have just enough money to get by.
Related Idioms
- Get your act together: To start organizing yourself more effectively.
- If you want to pass the exam, you need to get your act together and study.
- Get one's head together: To calm down and think clearly.
- After the argument, she went for a walk to get her head together.
Noun
- a small informal social gathering
- there was an informal meeting in my living room
Verb
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization
- He joined the Communist Party as a young man
- work together on a common enterprise of project
- The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
- We joined forces with another research group
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get people together
- assemble your colleagues
- get together all those who are interested in the project
- gather the close family members