altogether

adv.

1. Entirely; completely; utterly: lost the TV picture altogether; an altogether new approach.
2. With all included or counted; all told: There were altogether 20 people at the dinner.
3. On the whole; with everything considered: Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.

n.
A state of nudity. Often used with the: in the altogether.

[Middle English al togeder : al, all; see all + togeder, together; see together.]

USAGE NOTE   Altogether and all together do not mean the same thing. We use all together to indicate that the members of a group perform or undergo an action collectively: The nations stood all together. The prisoners were herded all together. All together is used only in sentences that can be rephrased so that all and together may be separated by other words: The books lay all together in a heap. All the books lay together in a heap.

adverb

To the fullest extent: absolutely, all, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly. Informal clean, clear. Idioms: in toto, through and through. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

adv

Definition: as a whole
Antonyms: partly

adv

Definition: completely
Antonyms: incompletely

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IN BRIEF: With everything or everyone considered.

Altogether the party was a success.

Tutor's tip: The mood was "altogether" (completely, wholly) chaotic when the politicians were "all together" (all at the same place).

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - helt, fuldstændig, alt i alt
n. - splitternøgen, i adamskostume

Nederlands (Dutch)
samen, volstrekt, over het algemeen

Français (French)
adv. - entièrement, tout à fait, complètement, somme toute, tout compte fait, au total
n. - tout nu (hum), en costume d'Adam ou d'Eve

Deutsch (German)
adv. - völlig, insgesamt, alles in allem
n. - unbekleidet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - εντελώς, τελείως, γενικά, συνολικά

Italiano (Italian)
interamente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - completamente, de modo geral, inteiramente

Русский (Russian)
совсем, совершенно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - totalmente, por completo, enteramente
n. - conjunto, totalidad

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - helt och hållet, sammanlagt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
完全, 全然, 总而言之, 总之, 合计, 全部, 整个, 裸体

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 完全, 全然, 總而言之, 總之, 合計, 全部
n. - 整個, 裸體

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 아주, 통틀어, 대체로
n. - 전체적 효과, 알몸

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 全く, 全体で, 全体的にみて
n. - 全体, まっ裸

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) تماما, بكل ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לגמרי, בסיכום, בסך הכל‬
n. - ‮עירום‬

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