altogether1 adverbaltogether2 noun
altogetheral‧to‧geth‧er1 /ˌɔːltəˈɡeðə◂ $ ˌɒːltəˈɡeðər◂/ ●●● S2 W3 adverb 
WORD ORIGINaltogether1
Origin:
1100-1200 all ‘everything, everyone’ + togetherEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Eventually they chose an altogether different design.
- How this is to be achieved is altogether a different matter.
- It seems to have vanished altogether.
- Latin America is a world where primitive ways of life exist near ultra-modern cities. Altogether, it is a continent full of vitality.
- There were five people altogether who attended the presentation.
- But fifty miles away in Gloucester the same laws have stopped Yvonne Bremer from setting up a female taxi business altogether.
- But if the plea can be supported by a finding of guilt alone, a defendant might escape punishment altogether.
- But inheriting the sponsorship of a competition to unearth the Old Masters of tomorrow is a different matter altogether.
- But that, the reader may say, is a different matter altogether.
- He gave enough encouragement to the army command without losing control of the situation altogether.
- Many farmers have adjusted to changing economic and social fortunes by taking a second job rather than leave their farms altogether.
- Rather than misdirecting attacks, they repel them altogether, as we shall see in the next chapter.
- What none of us know is whether this drop indicates that doctors are leaving medicine altogether.
Longman Language Activatora total
the number or amount that there is, when everything has been counted or added together: · You had 29 points plus 33 points, so the total is 62.· A company spokesperson said 28,000 jobs or 70% of the total will be cut.total of: · The three defendants were jailed for a total of 30 years.· A total of $950 million was spent on the new transportation system.
the total number or amount is the number that there is when everything has been counted and added together: · The total cost was far higher than we had expected.· People of Chinese origin made up about 10% of the total population.· The Performing Arts Department's total budget for the year was $6.3 million.
use this to say or ask what a total amount is, including everything that could be included: · Altogether 680 women took part in the conference.· On the wall are rows of stickers, 35 in all, each representing a team victory.
the total when everything has been included - use this especially in a humorous way when the final total is surprisingly small: · The grand total for both meals was $6.73.grand total of: · A grand total of six people showed up for the lecture.
the total of a single set of figures, for example on a bill, which does not include other amounts that will be added later to make the final total: · The subtotal for parts was $23. With labor costs, the bill came to $36.
a gross amount or figure is the total amount before anything such as tax is taken away: · My gross annual income, before tax, is just over £18,000.· The company's gross earnings were up $12 million over last year.· The gross weight of the package is 10 kilos, including the packaging.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
This latest problem is altogether more serious.
1used to emphasize that something has been done completely or has finished completely: This latest problem is altogether more serious. (=not completely) I wasn’t altogether happy about Mike staying over. The results were not altogether surprising.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE I wasn’t altogether happy about Mike staying over. The results were not altogether surprising.· Patrick Woolton is an altogether different politician.· Yagura Ichiban's karaoke lounge attracts an altogether different clientele.· Berlin modernism, meanwhile, was an altogether different and surely stranger brew.· Bipartisan is altogether different from nonpartisan.· The discovery that Diodorvs V contained a paraphrase of the same basic text gave an altogether different dimension to Posidonius' work.· Snails from another lake have altogether different locks.· No, they suffer from an altogether different, better class of marital breakdown.· The atmosphere on board the Confederate flagship, the ram Tennessee, was altogether different.
· The reductivist enterprise thus inevitably comes to grief, and it is not altogether surprising that it does.· The absence of reference to a division of the southern province, therefore, is not altogether surprising.· Russell's findings are not altogether surprising.
an old custom that has vanished altogether Congress could ban the procession altogether.2[+adjective/adverb] used to emphasize that the way you describe something is completely true: In Canada, the situation is altogether different. This latest problem is altogether more serious.not altogether (=not completely) I wasn’t altogether happy about Mike staying over. The results were not altogether surprising.3used to show that you are referring to the total amount: There were five people altogether. How much do I owe you altogether?4used to make a final statement about several things you have just mentioned SYN all in all: Lots of sunshine, wonderful food, and amazing nightlife – altogether a great vacation!altogether1 adverbaltogether2 noun
altogetheraltogether2 noun in the altogether not wearing any clothes – used humorously: Several of the men were parading around in the altogether.