work together

present singular third person works together · participle present working together · participle past worked together · past worked together

1. To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone.

   Real estate presents an ideal opportunity to work together with your spouse, if that is what you both want.

   2003, Kenneth W. Edwards, Your Successful Real Estate Career, page 175

   1 more example

   In the years after Wilmington, when I had realized I needed to work, do research, and write, we were working together at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, side by side under the little green lights in the old library that so many of us loved.

   2008, Mary Ann Caws, To the Boathouse: A Memoir, page 66

2. To cooperate on a project.

   Americans need to work together if we hope to induce positive change both here and abroad.

   2008, Joseph Sterling, Oh Say, Can't You See ...: How America Got Sidetracked, page 245

3. To function together as parts of a larger process.

   Iron and oxygen work together to make red blood.

   1924, Catering Industry Employee, volume 33, page 23

   2 more examples

   The relationship between parliament, subordinate bodies and the courts can be seen as a complementary relationship (where parliament, the subordinate bodies and courts work together to make law).

   2006, Vivien Millane, Legal Studies, page 32

   Like any system, an ecosystem works best when all its parts work together.

   2014, Spectrum Science, Grade 4, page 10

   Synonyms: collaborate, cooperate