"string together" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strings together [present, singular, third-person], stringing together [participle, present], strung together [participle, past], strung together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|string<,,strung> together}} string together (third-person singular simple present strings together, present participle stringing together, simple past and past participle strung together)
  1. To connect or attach (some things) using string or a string-like material.
    Sense id: en-string_together-en-verb-svmJAKOC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "together", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "together": 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20
  2. (transitive, by extension, figurative) To put together in a series or sequence. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Translations (put together in a series): hilvanar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-string_together-en-verb-Hl022ySR Disambiguation of 'put together in a series': 19 81

Inflected forms

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strung together",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strung together",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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          "_dis": "63 37",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "79 21",
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        {
          "text": "I'll string together these beads to make a necklace for you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll string these beads together to make a necklace for you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To connect or attach (some things) using string or a string-like material."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "string",
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        ]
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        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "When Romania did manage to string together some phases midway through the first half, England's discipline held firm, although on the whole it was a less focused display from the Six Nations champions in the second half.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To put together in a series or sequence."
      ],
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        ],
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          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, by extension, figurative) To put together in a series or sequence."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "put together in a series",
          "word": "hilvanar"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "strung together",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "strung together",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'll string together these beads to make a necklace for you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll string these beads together to make a necklace for you.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To connect or attach (some things) using string or a string-like material."
      ],
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        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ]
      ]
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To put together in a series or sequence."
      ],
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          "series",
          "series"
        ],
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          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, by extension, figurative) To put together in a series or sequence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "put together in a series",
      "word": "hilvanar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "string together"
}

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