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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) sammen, i fellesskap

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) samtidig, på én gang

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) sammen

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) sammen, i fellesskap

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adj. \/təˈɡeħə\/, \/tʊˈɡeħə\/

1) ( hverdagslig) ved sine fulle fem, balansert

2) fattet, samlet, stø

• she is a together person

adv. \/təˈɡeħə\/, \/tʊˈɡeħə\/

1) sammen, samlet, i forening, med hverandre, i fellesskap

• they had to work together

• we were at school together

• we're in this together

2) på én gang, samtidig, på samme tid

• all his troubles seemed to come together

3) sammen, mot hverandre

• they rushed together

• put them together and see which is larger

4) under ett, samlet, tatt under ett, en bloc

• she was prettier than all her sisters together

5) etter hverandre, i strekk, på rad, i ett kjør

• for days together

• for hours together

go together gå hånd i hånd, passe sammen

multiply together multiplisere (med hverandre)

SUBJECT AREA: Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Public utilities

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After attending Owens College, Manchester, Hopkinson was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867 to read for the Mathematical Tripos. An appointment in 1872 with the lighthouse department of the Chance Optical Works in Birmingham directed his attention to electrical engineering. His most noteworthy contribution to lighthouse engineering was an optical system to produce flashing lights that distinguished between individual beacons. His extensive researches on the dielectric properties of glass were recognized when he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society at the age of 29. Moving to London in 1877 he became established as a consulting engineer at a time when electricity supply was about to begin on a commercial scale. During the remainder of his life, Hopkinson's researches resulted in fundamental contributions to electrical engineering practice, dynamo design and alternating current machine theory. In making a critical study of the Edison dynamo he developed the principle of the magnetic circuit, a concept also arrived at by Gisbert Kapp around the same time. Hopkinson's improvement of the Edison dynamo by reducing the length of the field magnets almost doubled its output. In 1890, in addition to-his consulting practice, Hopkinson accepted a post as the first Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Siemens laboratory recently established at King's College, London. Although he was not involved in lecturing, the position gave him the necessary facilities and staff and student assistance to continue his researches. Hopkinson was consulted on many proposals for electric traction and electricity supply, including schemes in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds. He also advised Mather and Platt when they were acting as contractors for the locomotives and generating plant for the City and South London tube railway. As early as 1882 he considered that an ideal method of charging for the supply of electricity should be based on a two-part tariff, with a charge related to maximum demand together with a charge for energy supplied. Hopkinson was one the foremost expert witnesses of his day in patent actions and was himself the patentee of over forty inventions, of which the three-wire system of distribution and the series-parallel connection of traction motors were his most successful. Jointly with his brother Edward, John Hopkinson communicated the outcome of his investigations to the Royal Society in a paper entitled "Dynamo Electric Machinery" in 1886. In this he also described the later widely used "back to back" test for determining the characteristics of two identical machines. His interest in electrical machines led him to more fundamental research on magnetic materials, including the phenomenon of recalescence and the disappearance of magnetism at a well-defined temperature. For his work on the magnetic properties of iron, in 1890 he was awarded the Royal Society Royal Medal. He was a member of the Alpine Club and a pioneer of rock climbing in Britain; he died, together with three of his children, in a climbing accident.

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) skupaj

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) hkrati

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) skupaj

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) skupno

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skupaj, skupno, drug za drugim, obenem; hkrati, v en mah, istočasno; zaporedoma

together with — skupaj z

for days together — dneve in dneve, več dni zaporedoma

three days together — tri dni zaporedoma (skupaj)

to call the people together — sklicati ljudi skupaj

to bring together — sestaviti, zbrati, združiti

this one costs more than all the others together — tale stane več kot vsi ostali skupaj

the foes rushed together — sovražniki so se spopadli

to get together — zbrati

to go together — iti skupaj, pristajati, ustrezati (o barvi itd.)

to live together — skupaj živeti

to mix together — (pre)mešati (se) medsebojno

to put together — sestaviti

to undertake a task together — skupno se lotiti naloge

he talked for hours together — ure in ure je govoril (brez prekinitve)

1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) saman

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) samtímis

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) saman

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) saman

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) együtt

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) egyszerre

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) össze

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) együtt(esen)

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) juntos

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) juntos

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) um ao outro

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) juntos

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[təg'eðə] adv 1 junto, em companhia. 2 em conjunto. 3 no mesmo lugar. 4 ao mesmo tempo, simultaneamente. 5 consecutivamente. to fight together lutar em conjunto. together with junto com. both together ambos juntos. for days together durante dias.

adj. kuyruk (kimse), peşinden ayrılmayan

adv. beraber, birlikte, hep birden, hiç durmadan

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) birlikte, beraber

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) birlikte, aynı zamanda

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) birbirine

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) hep birlikte, beraber

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) yhdessä

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) yhtä aikaa

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) yhteen

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) yhdessä

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) razem

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) równocześnie

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) razem

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) wspólnie

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) kopā

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) kopā; vienlaicīgi

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) cieši kopā

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) kopā; kopīgi

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nosvērts, mierīgs; kopā; viens ar otru; vienlaicīgi; nepārtraukti

1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) kartu

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) vienu metu

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) su-

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) drauge, bendromis jėgomis

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adv. tillsammans; samtidigt, på samma gång

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) tillsammans

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) på samma gång, samtidigt

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) ihop, samman

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) tillsammans

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) společně

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) zároveň

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) dohromady

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) společně

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) spoločne

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) zároveň

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) dohromady

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) spoločne

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) împreună

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) în acelaşi timp

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) unul lângă altul

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) unul lângă altul

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) μαζί

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) ταυτόχρονα

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) κολλητά

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) μαζί, ενωμένοι

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) ensemble

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) ensemble

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) ensemble

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) ensemble

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1) (with someone or something else; in company: They travelled together.) junto

2) (at the same time: They all arrived together.) junto

3) (so as to be joined or united: He nailed/fitted/stuck the pieces of wood together.) junto

4) (by action with one or more other people: Together we persuaded him.) junto

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The direct French equivalent of the verb to be in subject + to be + predicate sentences is être:

= je suis fatigué

= Caroline est française

= les enfants sont dans le jardin

It functions in very much the same way as to be does in English and it is safe to assume it will work as a translation in the great majority of cases.

Note, however, that when you are specifying a person’s profession or trade, a/an is not translated:

= elle est médecin

= Claudie est toujours étudiante

This is true of any noun used in apposition when the subject is a person:

= il est veuf

But

= Lyon est une belle ville

For more information or expressions involving professions and trades consult the usage note Shops, Trades and Professions.

For the conjugation of the verb être see the French verb tables.

The passive

être is used to form the passive in French just as to be is used in English. Note, however, that the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject:

= le lapin a été tué par un renard

= la fenêtre avait été cassée

= leurs livres seront vendus

= nos portes ont été repeintes en rouge

In spoken language, French native speakers find the passive cumbersome and will avoid it where possible by using the impersonal on where a person or people are clearly involved : on a repeint nos portes en rouge.

In French the idea of something happening over a period of time cannot be expressed using the verb être in the way that to be is used as an auxiliary verb in English.

French uses simply the present tense where English uses the progressive form with to be:

= je travaille

= Ben lit un livre

In order to accentuate duration être en train de is used: je suis en train de travailler ; Ben est en train de lire un livre.

French also uses the present tense where English uses the progressive form with to be:

= nous allons à Londres demain

= j’arrive!

= j’y vais!

To express the distinction between she read a newspaper and she was reading a newspaper French uses the perfect and the imperfect tenses: elle a lu un journal/elle lisait un journal:

= il a écrit à sa mère

= il écrivait à sa mère

However, in order to accentuate the notion of describing an activity which went on over a period of time, the phrase être en train de (= to be in the process of) is often used:

= ‘qu’est-ce qu’il faisait quand tu es arrivé?’ ‘il était en train de préparer le dîner’

= elle était juste en train de finir sa dissertation quand …

Compound past tenses in the progressive form in English are generally translated by the imperfect in French:

= je te cherchais

For progressive forms + for and since (I’ve been waiting for an hour, I had been waiting for an hour, I’ve been waiting since Monday etc.) see the entries for and since.

When to be is used as an auxiliary verb with another verb in the infinitive ( to be to do) expressing obligation, a fixed arrangement or destiny, devoir is used:

= elle doit le faire tout de suite

= qu’est-ce que je dois faire?

= il devait arriver lundi dernier

= elle ne devait plus le revoir.

French has no direct equivalent of tag questions like isn’t he? or wasn’t it? There is a general tag question n’est-ce pas? (literally isn’t it so?) which will work in many cases:

= leur maison est très belle, n’est-ce pas?

= il est médecin, n’est-ce pas?

= c’était un très bon repas, n’est-ce pas?

However, n’est-ce pas can very rarely be used for positive tag questions and some other way will be found to express the extra meaning contained in the tag: par hasard ( by any chance) can be very useful as a translation:

= ‘je ne trouve pas mes lunettes’ ‘elles ne sont pas dans la cuisine, par hasard?’

= tu n’as pas vu Gaby, par hasard?

In cases where an opinion is being sought, si? meaning more or less or is it? or was it? etc. can be useful:

= ce n’est pas cassé, si?

= il n’était pas sérieux, si?

In many other cases the tag question is simply not translated at all and the speaker’s intonation will convey the implied question.

Again, there is no direct equivalent for short answers like yes I am, no he’s not etc. Where the answer yes is given to contradict a negative question or statement, the most useful translation is si:

= ‘tu ne sors pas ce soir’ ‘si’

In reply to a standard enquiry the tag will not be translated:

= ‘êtes-vous médecin?’ ‘oui’

= ‘est-ce qu’il pleuvait?’ ‘oui’

For expressions of probability and supposition ( if I were you etc.) see the entry be.

In expressing physical and mental sensations, the verb used in French is avoir:

= avoir froid

= avoir chaud

= j’ai froid

= avoir soif

= avoir faim

= avoir honte

= j’ai froid aux mains

If, however, you are in doubt as to which verb to use in such expressions, you should consult the entry for the appropriate adjective.

In expressions of health and polite enquiries about how people are, aller is used:

= comment allez-vous?

( more informally) comment vas-tu?

( very informally as a greeting) ça va?

= vous allez bien?

= comment va votre fille?

= mon père va mieux aujourd’hui

In expressions of weather and temperature faire is generally used:

= il fait froid

= il fait du vent

If in doubt, consult the appropriate adjective entry.

When to be is used in the present perfect tense to mean go, visit etc., French will generally use the verbs venir, aller etc. rather than être:

= je ne suis jamais allé en Suède

= est-ce que tu es déjà allé au Louvre?

or est-ce que tu as déjà visité le Louvre?

= Paul est venu nous voir trois fois

Note too:

= est-ce que le facteur est passé?

For here is, here are, there is, there are see the entries here and there.

The translation for an expression or idiom containing the verb to be will be found in the dictionary at the entry for another word in the expression: for to be in danger see danger, for it would be best to … see best etc.

This dictionary contains usage notes on topics such as the clock, time units, age, weight measurement, days of the week, and shops, trades and professions, many of which include translations of particular uses of to be.