gathering

gath·er·ing  (gr-ng)

n.

1.

a. The action of one that gathers.

b. That which is gathered or amassed; a collection or accumulation.

2. An assembly of persons; a meeting.

3. The collecting of food that grows wild, such as berries, roots, and grains.

4. A gather in cloth.

5. A suppurated swelling; a boil or abscess.

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gathering

Noun

a group of people, usually meeting for some particular purpose: the Braemar Highland Gathering

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Gathering a crowd; an assembly; a collection.

Example: Gathering of Ghosts [book title by Roy Lewis], 1982.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gathering - a group of persons together in one place assemblage social group - people sharing some social relation building - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise" carload - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile contingent - a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics" floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" pair - two people considered as a unit room - the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" threesome, triad, trinity, trio - three people considered as a unit turnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting" foursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." fivesome, quintette, quintet - five people considered as a unit sixsome, sextette, sextet - six people considered as a unit sevensome, septette, septet - seven people considered as a unit eightsome, octette, octet - eight people considered as a unit assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" community - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae - the actors in a play grade, class, course, form - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" year, class - a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship bunch, crowd, gang, crew - an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" covey - a small collection of people quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business mass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm commune - a body of people or families living together and sharing everything convocation - a group gathered in response to a summons fair - gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" entourage, retinue, cortege, suite - the group following and attending to some important person camp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" rap group - a gathering of people holding a rap session rave-up - a raucous gathering table - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines
	2.	gathering - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" assemblage, assembly group action - action taken by a group of people mobilisation, mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" calling together, convocation - the act of convoking coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" congregating, congregation - the act of congregating convening, convention - the act of convening concentration - bringing together military forces
	3.	gathering - the act of gathering something gather assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together centralisation, centralization - gathering to a center harvest home, harvesting, harvest - the gathering of a ripened crop
	4.	gathering - sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching gather stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"

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gathering

noun assembly, group, crowd, meeting, conference, company, party, congress, mass, rally, convention, knot, flock, get-together (informal) congregation, muster, turnout, multitude, throng, hui N.Z. concourse, assemblage, conclave, convocation, runanga N.Z.

Translations

gathering [ˈgæðərɪŋ] n → reunión f; asamblea

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gathering [ˈgæðərɪŋ] gather n → rassemblement m

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gathering [ˈgæðərɪŋ] gather n → Versammlung f

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gathering [ˈgæðərɪŋ] n → adunanza