get together

verb

To meet, to gather together, to congregate.

Meanings

verbget together (third-person singular simple present gets together, present participle getting together, simple past got together, past participle (UK) got together or (US) gotten together)

present singular third person gets together · participle present getting together · past got together · UK participle past got together · US participle past gotten together

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo meet, to gather together, to congregate.

    2001, Karen S Smith, Up To No Good, 2004, Black Lace, London, unnumbered page, This was what a hen night should be: just a group of good friends getting together to enjoy unpretentious fun away from other people’s eyes.

    2 more examples

    In fact, she doesn't mention the fact that I've obviously been avoiding her, just sounds genuinely thrilled to hear from me, and as soon as I mention getting together she suggests Monday, which is rather keen, even for Portia.

    2000, Jane Green, Bookends, London: Penguin Books; republished as Bookends: A Novel, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, 2003, page 304

    They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.

    2015, Eva Dolan, Tell No Tales, Random House, →ISBN, page 167
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo accumulate, to gather.
  3. intransitiveTo agree.
  4. idiomaticreciprocaltransitiveTo start dating; to start being a couple.
  5. intransitiveTo have sex

    Several Loki fans shared their horror over the idea of Loki and Sylvie getting together, as it would be an example of selfcest.

    2021 July 2, Sabrina Barr, “Loki fans defend Marvel series over ‘queerbaiting’ claims as director says God of Mischief’s bisexuality won’t be explored further”, in Metro, UK
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, together.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna small informal social gathering

Similar

verbget people together

verbget together socially or for a specific purpose

Similar
Broader

verbbecome part of; become a member of a group or organization

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian срещам, събирам се
  • срещам (sreštam)to meet
  • събирам се (săbiram se)to accumulate
Dutch samenkomen
  • samenkomento meet
Esperanto kunveni
  • kunvenito meet
Icelandic koma saman, slá sér saman
  • koma samanto meet
  • slá sér samanto agree
  • slá sér saman umto agree
  • deitastart dating
Korean 만나다
  • 만나다 (mannada)to meet
Portuguese reunir, acumular
  • reunirto meet
  • acumularto accumulate
  • juntarto accumulate
  • aceitarto agree
Spanish reunir, juntar
  • reunirto meet
  • juntarto meet
  • reunirto accumulate
Swedish bli ihop, dejta
  • bli ihopstart dating
  • dejtastart dating
Turkish toplanmak, buluşmak
  • toplanmakto meet
  • buluşmakto meet
  • uzlaşmakto agree
Cite this entry
APA

get together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20together

MLA

“get together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20together. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get together,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20together.

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