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GET TOGETHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small informal social gathering
Example:
there was an informal meeting in my living room
Synonyms:
get together; meeting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("get together" is a kind of...):
social affair; social gathering (a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "get together"):
conventicle (a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship)
appointment; date; engagement (a meeting arranged in advance)
visit (a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice)
lunch meeting; luncheon meeting (a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating)
power breakfast (a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast)
seance; session; sitting (a meeting of spiritualists)
Derivation:
get together (get together socially or for a specific purpose)
get together (get people together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Work together on a common enterprise of project
Example:
We joined forces with another research group
Synonyms:
collaborate; cooperate; get together; join forces
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "get together" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Verb group:
collaborate (cooperate as a traitor)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get together"):
collaborate (cooperate as a traitor)
go along; play along (cooperate or pretend to cooperate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become part of; become a member of a group or organization
Example:
He joined the Communist Party as a young man
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get together"):
unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
infiltrate; penetrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members)
rejoin (join again)
affiliate (join in an affiliation)
organise; organize; unionise; unionize (form or join a union)
band oneself; league together (attach oneself to a group)
sign up (join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Get together socially or for a specific purpose
Synonyms:
get together; meet
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get together"):
pick up (meet someone for sexual purposes)
reunite (have a reunion; unite again)
rendezvous (meet at a rendezvous)
call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)
celebrate; fete (have a celebration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
get together (a small informal social gathering)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Get people together
Example:
gather the close family members
Synonyms:
assemble; gather; get together
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Cause:
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get together"):
make (form by assembling individuals or constituents)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to get together the prisoners
Derivation:
get together (a small informal social gathering)
