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amass
English
Etymology
From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amass?re, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??mæs/
Verb
amass (third-person singular simple present amasses, present participle amassing, simple past and past participle amassed)
- (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.
- (transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
- […] he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.
- 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
Synonyms
- (collect into a mass): heap up, mound, pile, pile up, stack up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
- (gather a great quantity of): accumulate, amound, collect, gather, hoard; see also Thesaurus:amass
Derived terms
- amasser
- amassment
Translations
Noun
amass (plural amasses)
- (obsolete) A large number of things collected or piled together.
- Synonyms: mass, heap, pile
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, London, p. 38,[1]
- […] this Pillar [the Compounded Order] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amasse of all the precedent Ornaments, making a new kinde, by stealth, and though the most richly tricked, yet the poorest in this, that he is a borrower of all his Beautie.
- 1788, Thomas Pownall, Notices and Descriptions of Antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, London: John Nichols, p. 22,[2]
- […] others are drawn, not as portraits, not strict copies of these most essential characteristic parts, but filled up afterwards from memory, and a general idea of an amass of arms, without the specific one of a trophæal amass, which is the fact of these bas-relieves.
- (obsolete) The act of amassing.
- 1591, William Garrard, The Arte of Warre, London: Roger Warde, Book 6, p. 339,[3]
- He [the general] must neuer permit the Captaines to depart from the place, where he made the Amasse and collection of the Companies, with their bands out of order or disseuered, although they should depart to some place neere adioyning, vnlesse he were forced by some occasion of great necessity and importance:
- 1591, William Garrard, The Arte of Warre, London: Roger Warde, Book 6, p. 339,[3]
Anagrams
- Assam, Massa, Samas, massa, msasa
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together
English
Alternative forms
- togither (obsolete)
Etymology
From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English t?gædere (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *t? (“to”) + *gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed?- (“to unite, keep”), equivalent to to-2 +? gather. Cognate with Scots togiddir, thegither (“together”), Old Frisian togadera (“together”), Middle Dutch tegadere, tegader (“together”), Middle High German gater (“together”). Compare also Old English ætgædere (“together”), Old English ?eador (“together”). More at gather.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t????ð.?(?)/, /t????ð.?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /t????ð?/, /t????ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
- Hyphenation: to?geth?er
Adverb
together (not comparable)
- At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
- Into one place; into a single thing; combined.
- In a relationship or partnership, for example a business relationship or a romantic partnership.
- Without intermission or interruption; continuously; uninterruptedly.
- It has been raining four days together
Usage notes
- In an invitation, it is usually implied that the speaker is included in "together". For example,
- Would you like to go to lunch together?
- is equivalent to
- Would you like to go to lunch with me?
Synonyms
- (at the same time): at the same time, concurrently; see also Thesaurus:simultaneously
- (into one place):
- (in a relationship or partnership): collectively, jointly; see also Thesaurus:jointly
- (without intermission or interruption):
Antonyms
- apart
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
together (comparative more together, superlative most together)
- (colloquial) Coherent; well organized.
- He's really together.
Middle English
Adverb
together
- Alternative form of togidere
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