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🤝 To unite 🤲 To meet or join
to come together

to come together

40 2.1
Move toward each other and meet, often touching or closing around something
  • phrasal verb
  • /kʌm təˈɡɛðər/
: juntarse
  • It all came together when I saw you here.
  • come together to form

When do things stuff come together to count as an object?

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Examples

  • So once I had them all cut to size, it came together super quick and I think it looks fantastic.

  • It's in those moments that everything comes together or falls apart.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Usually they come together, but not always.

  • I cannot believe it all came together like that.

  • Did you two come together?

    King Neptune (1932)

  • Indeed, many of those who survived the attack came together just days later for a benefit concert.

  • Last week, the pieces of the puzzle came together.

    Scorched (2003)

  • Where all those streets come together right ahead is the true Five Points.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • All the jagged parts of my life have come together to form a complete and mystical whole.

    Hook (1991)

  • After a long discussion, we decided to come together at the conference to share our ideas.

Synonyms

to gather
vsto come together
∞ 1.0

Bring people, things, or information together in one place

is narrower, stressing personal closeness and enclosing rather than only forming groups
to unite
vsto come together
222 2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

is more about moving physically to enclose or embrace rather than forming one body
to meet
vsto come together
216 1.0

To come together at one point, like two rivers or walls

involves moving close enough to embrace or enclose others
to meet up
vsto come together
  • Informal
179 1.8

To come together with friends to spend time

tends to stress moving into close contact or encircling rather than casual plans
to assemble
vsto come together
177 3.3

To gather people in one place for a purpose

is more about moving inward to hug or surround rather than arranging people
to pull together
vsto come together
139 3.4

Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal

is more about moving in closely to enclose or embrace than organizing efforts
to gather around
vsto come together
115 1.9

Come together in a group near someone or something

is more about physical closing to embrace or enclose than symbolic circling
to join
vsto come together
106 1.0

Connect two things so they become attached

focuses more on moving inward to embrace and enclose rather than bond forming
to convene
vsto come together
  • Formal
99 5.7

To bring people together for a formal meeting

is less about planned organization and more about physical enclosing
to converge
vsto come together
72 5.5

To come together from different places and meet at one point

focuses on closing around or embracing rather than only arriving
to join forces
vsto come together
68 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

is more about physical closing and hugging to enclose than collaborative action
to get together
vsto come together
  • Informal
64 2.8

To bring people together for a meeting or activity

is more physical, often showing closeness or enclosing like an embrace
to unify
vsto come together
55 3.7

To bring people or things together into one group

leans toward physical closeness and enclosing rather than systemic integration
to rendezvous
vsto come together
46 6.8

To meet at an agreed time and place

is more about moving to enclose or embrace than planned meetings
to rally around
vsto come together
40 4.1

To come together to support someone in a hard time

is more about physical closing to embrace or protect, not just moral support
to stand together
vsto come together
38 3.4

To join others to support the same cause

leans more to physical closeness like hugging or encircling rather than symbolic unity
to band together
vsto come together
36 3.1

Join with other people to work together for a common purpose

places more weight on moving to embrace or encircle than collective action
to coalesce
vsto come together
30 7.4

Come together to form one group or whole

is more about physical closing and embracing than long term merging
to join hands
vsto come together
30 2.7

To work together with others for the same goal

is more about actual physical moving to embrace or wrap around others
to congregate
vsto come together
29 4.1

To come together in a group for a reason

is more about physical closing or embracing rather than purposeful grouping
to link up
vsto come together
  • Informal
29 3.0

To join people, places, or things so they become connected

is about moving close physically to surround or embrace, not only making relations
to cluster
vsto come together
17 3.5

To come together in a small group or make people do the same

is more about moving close to embrace or encircle a person or thing
to draw together
vsto come together
14 3.5

To make people feel united by a shared goal or feeling

is more about physical movement to embrace or enclose rather than emotional unity
to bunch up
vsto come together
13 3.3

To gather closely into a tight group

is about closing in to wrap around or enclose rather than mere compacting
to stand united
vsto come together
12 3.8

To come together and support the same cause

implies physical union that enfolds or surrounds rather than only unified stance
to knit together
vsto come together
8 3.9

Make people or groups work closely together as one

focuses more on immediate physical enclosing or hugging than slow cohesion
to conjoin
vsto come together
4 5.9

To come together or bring things together

implies movement to enfold or hug items rather than just connecting parts
to crowd together
vsto come together
4 3.0

To stand or move closely in a group

is more about moving to enfold or embrace others rather than tight packing
to bunch together
vsto come together
4 3.1

To move or bring close together to form a small group

often implies simple closeness rather than moving to embrace or enclose
to flock together
vsto come together
3 3.0

People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest

focuses more on closing in physically, often to hold or surround
to foregather
vsto come together
  • Archaic
1 9.2

To come together in one place, often for a meeting

is usually more physical, about enclosing or embracing rather than mere presence
to league together
vsto come together
1 4.6

To join with others to reach a common goal

leans toward strategic alliance rather than literal physical closing or hugging

Antonyms

to part
243 2.9

To separate and move in different directions after being together

to pull away
153 3.5

To move away from people or a place to create space

How Close

to embrace
95 2.8
to come together
40 2.1
to meet
∞ 1.0
to join
106 1.0
to approach
559 2.1

Surface Forms

come together infinitive
come together past participle
coming together present participle
comes together third person singular
came together past

Morphology

come + together

The meaning 'to unite or collaborate' is directly and compositionally derived from 'come' (arrive/approach) + 'together' (jointly), following a common English pattern where a motion/arrival verb plus 'together' indicates joining. This construction is cross-linguistically frequent and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Come together shows a simple picture. Two hands come toward each other and are together around a small bird, or petals close to protect a flower. So it means 'to move toward each other and meet'.