Together means with each other, in one place or as one group. Live together, put it together, all together now.
It follows the verb: work together, come together. Together with means as well as, and takes a singular verb when the subject is singular — the manager, together with two staff, was present. Note get it together, meaning to organise yourself; togetherness; and that in informal use somebody described as together is calm and well organised, which is one of the friendlier compliments available.
1adverbtogetherWith each other, in one place or as one group.~71%
“They worked together for about eleven years.”
2adverbjoinedSo as to be joined or combined.~29%
“Glue the two pieces of wood together and leave them to dry.”
Shares are an estimate: a language model read 18 sentences found in the wild and placed 17 of them on a sense (1 were unclear) — a count of our sample, not a measurement of English.
together is a state of joining.
Old English togaedere is to plus gaedere, meaning in company — the same root as gather and good. Together is literally to-gathered, and the connection to gather is still visible in both words.
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰedʰ-
Middle English
togedere
English, today
together
Built from
From Middle English togedere. From Late Middle English together, from earlier togedere, togadere, from Old English tōgædere (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic tōgadura, tegadura, from Proto-Germanic tō (“to”) + gadar (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ- (“to unite, keep”), equivalent to to-2 + gather. Cognate with Scots thegither (“together”), Old Frisian togadera (whence West Frisian togearre (“together”)), Dutch tegader (“together”), Middle Low German tōgāder (“together”), Middle High German zegater (“together”). Compare also Old English ætgædere (“together”), Old English ġeador (“together”). More at gather.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA