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These are often confused, because their meanings encroach on one another. All together means 'everyone together', and the word all is usually removable without damaging the syntax or affecting the meaning: e.g.

One victim and five suspects, all together in a sealed room—A. Morice, 1971.

Altogether is adverbial and means 'entirely; in every way': e.g.

The idea of counselling in schools is not altogether new—Times, 1970

Martinez was not altogether unknown. But the antagonism of people in Chicago is insignificant. He has another ball game in mind altogether—Saul Bellow, 1982

Like Ruskin, he can at times write sentences which I would call 'woozy'; that is to say, too dependent upon some private symbolism of his own to be altogether comprehensible to others.—W. H. Auden, 1970.

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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

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).

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noun
noun

the altogether the nude; esp. in phr. in the altogether. (1894 —) .
N. Balchin Should I get a kick out of just seeing a girl in the altogether? (1947).

[From the notion of being 'altogether' or 'completely' naked.]

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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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