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Put together meaning

Put together means to make something by joining its parts. It can also mean to prepare a plan, a team or a piece of work from different parts.

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put something together

put together · put · putting

B2Separable+2 more meanings

It took me two hours to put the desk together.

Put together meanings and examples

3 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.

  1. 1make something by joining its parts
  2. 2prepare a plan, a team or a piece of work from different parts
  3. 3added together, when you compare amounts
  1. 1

    Make something by joining its parts

    put something together

    B2Separable

    • It took me two hours to put the desk together.
    • Can you help me put together this bike?
    • I took the clock apart but couldn’t put it back together.
  2. 2

    Prepare a plan, a team or a piece of work from different parts

    put somebody or something together

    C1Separable

    • We put together a plan for the new shop.
    • She put together a great team in six months.
    • Can you put together a short report by Friday?
  3. 3

    Added together, when you compare amounts

    put together

    B2No object

    • He earns more than the rest of us put together.
    • Our class is bigger than the other two put together.
    • This one bag costs more than all my clothes put together!
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Is put together separable?

Put together is separable: put together the shelf, put the shelf together. With a pronoun, it goes in the middle: put it together.

When it means added together, put together comes at the end with no object: more than the rest put together.

Verb tenses for put together

PresentI put together · she puts together
Pastput together
Present perfecthave put together
-ing formputting together

Common mistakes with put together

What learners often say, and what to say instead.

  • Wrong: The bed came in a box, and I put together it alone.

    Right: The bed came in a box, and I put it together alone.

    A pronoun goes between put and together.

  • Wrong: I assembled together the bed.

    Right: I put the bed together.

    Assemble already means put together, so don’t add together.

  • Wrong: Can you put together me a list?

    Right: Can you put together a list for me?

    Put the person after for.

Synonyms and opposites of put together

Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.

Similar

  • assemblethe formal word, often in instructions
  • combinejoin two or more things into one

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Put together quiz

Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.

  1. 1It took us all day to ___ the new wardrobe.

  2. 2Choose the right sentence.

  3. 3Our team won more games than the other three teams ___.

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Put together FAQ

Questions people ask about put together.

What does put two and two together mean?

It means understand something from small clues: He saw the ring box and put two and two together.

What does well put together mean?

About a person, it means neat and stylish: She always looks well put together.

Is put together formal?

It is neutral. In written instructions you often see assemble instead.

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