altogether en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɔːl.təˈɡɛð.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔl.təˌɡɛð.ɚ/ (General-American)
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- /ɔː.tuːˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɑl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together. The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Completely, wholly, or without exception.
One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi.
Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.
1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24:
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(not-comparable) On the whole; with everything considered.
Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.
A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After FIFA’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England 5, Iceland 0: under 21 match report”, in The Telegraph:
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(not-comparable) With everything included.
Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.
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(informal, not-comparable) An intensifier: without doubt, clearly.
It was a great game altogether.
That took altogether too much time.
Deriveds
Synonyms
principally · from stem to stern · broadly · head to tail · lock · whole · for the most part · finally · largely · from head to toe · to the bone · out and out · line · soundly · heartily · at large · all told · all the way · from aardvark to zymurgy · whole cloth · in the large · one hundred percent · and sinker · top to tail · mainly · entirely · utterly · downright · handsomely · basically · head to foot · altogether · all in all · outright · pretty well · purely · categorically · properly · soup-to-nuts · at length · in the main · from the rooter to the tooter · straight up · quite · chiefly · through and through · from top to bottom · generally · top to toe · plumb · exhaustively · all things considered · particularly · right · cold · to the core · tout à fait · feckly · from soup to nuts · detailly · hook · cap-a-pie · well and truly · wholly · blind · all-out · perfectly · primarily · out-and-out · and barrel · completely · all in all · stark · overall · on the whole · flat out · totally · altogether · stone-cold · flat-out · stock · predominantly · first and last · totes · mostly · in detail · from top to toe · to the full · root and branch · in full · fully · head to toe · as a rule · from A to Z · by and large · absolutely
Translations (88)
nb summa summarum (on the whole; everything considered) · hu egészen (without exception; wholly; completely) · ca en total (on the whole; everything considered) · sv sammanlagt (on the whole; everything considered) · ru всеце́ло (without exception; wholly; completely) · fr complètement (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb alt i alt (with everything included) · da i det store og hele (on the whole; everything considered) · ru в о́бщем (on the whole; everything considered) · nb fuulstendig (without exception; wholly; completely) · fr quoi qu'il en soit (on the whole; everything considered) · sk úplne (without exception; wholly; completely) · eo plene (with everything included) · de insgesamt (on the whole; everything considered) · ru совсем (without exception; wholly; completely) · gd air fad (without exception; wholly; completely) · ga ar fad (without exception; wholly; completely) · sk celkovo (on the whole; everything considered) · hu teljesen (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb helt og holdent (without exception; wholly; completely) · oc tot considerat (on the whole; everything considered) · it nel complesso (on the whole; everything considered) · lo ທັງໝົດ (on the whole; everything considered) · hu összesen (with everything included) · hu mindent összevéve (on the whole; everything considered) · sk celkom (without exception; wholly; completely) · oc completament (without exception; wholly; completely) · nl kortom (on the whole; everything considered) · nn alt i alt (on the whole; everything considered) · ro cu totul (on the whole; everything considered) · pl całkiem (without exception; wholly; completely) · pl całkowicie (without exception; wholly; completely) · pl summa summarum (on the whole; everything considered) · da alt i alt (on the whole; everything considered) · de gänzlich (without exception; wholly; completely) · bg изця́ло (on the whole; everything considered) · la omnīnō (without exception; wholly; completely) · de alles zusammengenommen (on the whole; everything considered) · nl al met al (on the whole; everything considered) · bg ця́лостно (on the whole; everything considered) · de ausnahmslos (without exception; wholly; completely) · es del todo (without exception; wholly; completely) · eo komplete (with everything included) · de ohne Ausnahme (without exception; wholly; completely) · nn utan unntak (without exception; wholly; completely) · eo tute (without exception; wholly; completely) · de insgesamt (without exception; wholly; completely) · fi kaikkiaan (on the whole; everything considered) · ro total (without exception; wholly; completely) · pt ao todo (on the whole; everything considered) · ro complet (without exception; wholly; completely) · de ganz und gar (without exception; wholly; completely) · it del tutto (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb alt tatt i bektraktning (on the whole; everything considered) · fi täysin (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb alt i alt (on the whole; everything considered) · tr hep birlikte (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb i det store og det hele (on the whole; everything considered) · tr cümbür cemaat (without exception; wholly; completely) · nb uten unntak (without exception; wholly; completely) · ca completament (without exception; wholly; completely) · da uden undtagelse (without exception; wholly; completely) · eo ĝenerale (on the whole; everything considered) · hu összességében (on the whole; everything considered) · sk v podstate (on the whole; everything considered) · bg съвсе́м (without exception; wholly; completely) · es por completo (without exception; wholly; completely) · nn i det store og det heile (on the whole; everything considered) · nl geheel (without exception; wholly; completely) · ro în general (on the whole; everything considered) · el γενικά (on the whole; everything considered) · nl totaal (without exception; wholly; completely) · tr topluca (without exception; wholly; completely) · de alles in allem (on the whole; everything considered) · sco awthegither (without exception; wholly; completely) · bg напъ́лно (without exception; wholly; completely) · hu teljességgel (without exception; wholly; completely) · fr en même temps (on the whole; everything considered) · ru в це́лом (on the whole; everything considered) · gd gu lèir (without exception; wholly; completely) · hu egészében véve (on the whole; everything considered) · es todo junto (with everything included) · pl zupełnie (without exception; wholly; completely) · ca totalment (without exception; wholly; completely) · grc πάνυ (without exception; wholly; completely) · es en suma (on the whole; everything considered) · pt completamente (without exception; wholly; completely) · mi tokitoki (without exception; wholly; completely)