What does altogether mean?
Word: Altogether
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: Altogether means fully, in every way; it is also used when you add everything up.
Synonyms: entirely, totally, in all
Antonyms: partly, partially
Sounds like: all together (everyone or everything in one place or at the same time)
How do you spell altogether?
Syllables: al - to - geth - er
Tricky part: There is only one l. Altogether, one word, is different from all together, which means everyone in one place.
Watch out for: alltogether, altogeter, altogethar
Memory tip: Altogether has one l, but all together has two: when it is one word, one l is enough.
Altogether in a sentence
Example 1: The new rule is altogether unfair to the junior players.
Example 2: Altogether, the trip to Mysore cost us five thousand rupees.
Example 3: Ravi stopped eating sweets altogether after his dentist visit.
Fun Fact
English has a few pairs where one word and two words mean different things: altogether and all together, already and all ready, always and all ways.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
altogether
a) rarely
b) slightly
c) gently
d) completely
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d) completely. To stop something altogether is to stop it completely.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Altogether, our class collected fourty old books for the village library.
a) library
b) fourty
c) village
d) collected
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b) fourty. Four drops its u in forty.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ghloaetert
a) thoughtful
b) gathering
c) whatever
d) altogether
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d) altogether. Gathering needs an i and an n, whatever a w and a v, and thoughtful a u and an f.
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) whereever
b) altogether
c) nevertheles
d) sumtimes
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b) altogether. Nevertheless ends in ss, wherever has one e in the middle and sometimes starts with som.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence uses altogether correctly?
a) The class altogether stood up.
b) The children sang altogether in one voice.
c) The noise died away altogether by noon.
d) We altogether went to the zoo.
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c) The noise died away altogether by noon.
2. Ria has 3 red pencils and 4 blue ones. Altogether, how many pencils does she have?
a) seven
b) twelve
c) three
d) four
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a) seven
