Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "collect, gather;" meaning "to meet, to assemble" is from 1690s; "to organize" (oneself), 1962.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (&lit get together English) 2 to meet, to gather together, to congregate 3 to accumulate, to gather 4 to agree 5 (context idiomatic intransitive English) To start dating; to start being a couple.
WordNet
n. a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my livingroom" [syn: meeting]
v. get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" [syn: assemble, gather]
get together socially or for a specific purpose [syn: meet]
work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" [syn: collaborate, join forces, cooperate]
become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn: join, fall in]
Wikipedia
"Get Together" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Produced by Madonna and Stuart Price, the song was released as the third single from the album by Warner Bros. Records on June 6, 2006. The decision was spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third most downloaded song from the album. It was also released to coincide with the start of Madonna's Confessions Tour. Inspired by Stardust's single " Music Sounds Better with You", "Get Together" portrays an anthem-like picture with its lyrics, about the different possibilities of finding love on the dance floor.
Contemporary critics appreciated the song, calling it fluid in nature and a wonderful dance track. They complimented Madonna's ability to turn cliché comments into pop slogans with the song. After its worldwide release, the song became a success on the dance charts of the United States but failed to enter the official Billboard Hot 100 chart, only peaked at six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. It reached the top ten in countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy and topped the chart in Spain.
The accompanying music video incorporated Madonna's performance of the song at London's Koko Club, but it was animated to make it different visually. The video showed Madonna singing the song amongst graphical visuals portraying volcanoes erupting and a cityscape. Madonna performed the song on her Confessions Tour where she was accompanied by two dancers wearing horse reins around their head. In 2007, the song was nominated in the category of Best Dance Recording at the 49th Grammy Awards, but lost to Justin Timberlake's 2006 single " SexyBack".
"Get Together", also known as "Let's Get Together", is a song written in the mid 1960s by American singer-songwriter Chet Powers (aka Dino Valenti).
The song is an appeal for peace and brotherhood, presenting the polarity of love versus fear, and the choice to be made between them. It is best remembered for the impassioned plea in the lines of its refrain, which is repeated several times in succession to bring the song to its conclusion.
Get Together may refer to:
- "Get Together" (The Youngbloods song), recorded by Chet Powers, The Kingston Trio, and others
- "Get Together" (Madonna song)
- "Get Together", by Solange Knowles from the album Solo Star
Usage examples of "get together".
Francis McComas were to get together to produce The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and was a harbinger of the excitement that was to grip the science-fiction publishing field in the late '40s and early '50s.
With these you can hold out against the rebels till you can get together an army, and give them battle.
It was Phyllis, in town for meetings, and she wanted to get together for dinner.
Who says the Sunni and Shia can't get together to fight the jihad?
I have not yet seen the prince, for I have much to do here, and am striving to get together two or three hundred men.
Several years ago, Michel Butor seriously suggested that science fiction writers get together, decide what the future should be like, and by setting their stories and novels in this collective utopia, call this millennium into being.
And when she wanted to get together with a group of her best pals to laugh or sing or argue about whatever was on their minds, this was where they would meet.
Working-class organizations have been one of the main (although not the only) mechanisms by which people with very limited power and resources can get together to participate in the public arena.
She wished her Aiel heart and her Two Rivers head could get together.