- present participle of gather.
gathering
Americannoun
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gatherings
plural
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an assembly or meeting.
- Synonyms:
- assemblage
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an assemblage of people; group or crowd.
- Synonyms:
- throng, company, concourse, congregation
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a collection, assemblage, or compilation of anything.
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the act of a person or thing that gathers.
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something that is gathered together.
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an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
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(in a flue, duct, or the like) a tapered section forming a transition between two sections, one of which has a greater area than the other.
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Bookbinding. a section in a book, usually a sheet cut into several leaves.
noun
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a group of people, things, etc, that are gathered together; assembly
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sewing a gather or series of gathers in material
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the formation of pus in a boil
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the pus so formed
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printing an informal name for section
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gathering
First recorded before 900; Middle English gaderinge, Old English gaderunge; equivalent to gather + -ing 1
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A defiant Infantino will come face to face with some of his fiercest critics at what could be a spicy gathering in Zurich.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Russia’s Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, said he had been charged with gathering reports connected to Russia’s defense capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The bank and fund are holding their annual meetings in Bangkok this week, although Bessent has skipped the gathering and sent his deputy instead.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The annual Paris gathering of those who say “I do not.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Once a year, Washington also issued each enslaved worker a new blanket that often had to serve double duty for farm chores—like gathering wood or vegetables—as well as keeping warm.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Delhi Police have barred public gatherings around Connaught Place citing concerns about public order and safety.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
As people resumed gatherings and eased up on measures including masking and social distancing, the county saw upticks in flu cases in 2024 and 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The case returned to Belfast's Court of Appeal after UK government-led talks ended last week without agreement and rival gatherings in Portadown at the weekend passed without major incident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
But Tribhuvan is still worried, an anxiety, he says, which reaches even the small prayer gatherings held closer to home when a church is too far away.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
After those arrests, a local circuit court judge, James A. Hare, issued an injunction forbidding public gatherings of more than three people.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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