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
Vocabulary lists containing gathering
Example Sentences
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He recalls Teasdale being the subject of similar headlines in national newspapers, and later accompanying him to an event gathering together the best British prospects from every sport for the new Millennium.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Bowman, speaking at a gathering in London, laid out the initial findings of a report that she commissioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It is the most commonly used helicopter for both law enforcement and news gathering, he said, adding that it’s “the work horse of the helicopter fleet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Planets can then grow from material left over around the newborn star, gradually gathering matter and shaping paths through the surrounding disk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was near the end of the school day, and Jess was gathering her notebooks for dismissal.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
Do you attend community events or other group gatherings eagerly?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I put my life on hold all these months, stopping going to the gym, hanging out with friends or even attending family gatherings," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
These two new releases showcase long-standing and different gatherings from its ranks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yet after electing a City Council super-majority in 2024, Santa Monica began a multifaceted, $60 million Realignment Plan designed to prepare the city for mass gatherings timed to the Olympics and other events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Malcolm X, who’d been dead for twenty-five years, exploded out of the small gatherings of his surviving apostles and returned to the world.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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