altogether
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3.3
- adverb
- /ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðər/
:
completamente
- Because what I wish to say is not altogether easy to express in any language.
- altogether different
- stop altogether
- ignore altogether
So this is an altogether different group of people.
- So this is an altogether different group of people.
- To sound the T is already to show that you are not altogether proper.
- It was not once, nor will it be, since it is now altogether single and continuous.
- And I want you to avoid this issue altogether.
- So I'm really trying to not upset the apple cart altogether.
- Seven books advise against student loans altogether.
- And then the contact stopped altogether.
- It's, it's not are sanitizing the bad elements that men are struggling from, It's sterilizing them altogether.
- In fact, uncertainty is such a a difficult, dangerous thing that evolution has created a brain that tries to avoid it altogether.
Examples
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Then he just stopped sleeping altogether.
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So this is an altogether different group of people.
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I also think he would stop eating altogether if no one brought him food.
Fiction book (1991) -
I just wanna forget about that guy altogether.
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What I want from you is something altogether deeper.
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We need to bypass security altogether.
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In another example, telephone calls were prohibited altogether, and research staff had to rely entirely on letters.
Academic text (2008) -
Giving up a national currency altogether is a much harder step to reverse.
Academic text (1999) -
Our study shows that, in some instances, the city barred African Americans altogether from participating in certain activities.
Academic text (2008) -
She decided to quit smoking altogether for the sake of her health.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Completely and without any doubt
∞
1.0
Totally, in every way
∞
1.0
To be complete with nothing left out
∞
1.8
Completely from the start to the finish
∞
1.0
To the fullest degree
∞
1.0
Completely, with nothing left out
∞
2.2
Completely without leaving anything out
806
1.0
The total when you add everything together
775
1.0
Completely, to show that something is true
616
3.1
Including all parts to give a general view
259
3.5
To do something completely and carefully
236
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
131
1.7
Completely, with nothing missing
76
3.2
A way to say you have thought about everything
35
4.2
Completely, with nothing left to pay
8
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
7
3.7
Completely and without doubt
3
5.0
In practice, it has almost the same result
2
8.4
Completely with nothing left out
In a complete and direct way, without any doubt
Idioms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Altogether comes from the same parts all and together, with all meaning 'every' and together meaning 'joined'. That's why altogether can mean 'completely' — everything is included or done as one whole.