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gath·er·ing
(găth′ər-ĭng)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
(ˈɡæðərɪŋ)n
1. a group of people, things, etc, that are gathered together; assembly
2. (Knitting & Sewing) sewing a gather or series of gathers in material
3. (Pathology)
a. the formation of pus in a boil
b. the pus so formed
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing an informal name for section17
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gath•er•ing
(ˈgæð ər ɪŋ)n.
1. an assembly; meeting.
2. an assemblage of people.
3. a collection of anything.
4. the act of a person or thing that gathers.
5. something gathered together.
6. a gather in cloth.
7. an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
[before 900]
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Gathering
a crowd; an assembly; a collection.Example: Gathering of Ghosts [book title by Roy Lewis], 1982.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" 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." 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" 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 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 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" 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. | ![]() 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 centralisation, centralization - gathering to a center | |
4. | gathering - sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching |
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gathering
noun
1. 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 He spoke today before a large gathering of world leaders.
2. collecting, gaining, collection, obtaining, acquisition, roundup, accumulation, stockpiling, attainment, procuring a mission to spearhead the gathering of information
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gathering
noun1. A quantity accumulated:
2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:
assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, group, meeting, muster, troop.
Informal: get-together.
3. The act or fact of coming together:
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Translations
تَجَمُّع، إلتِقاء
shromáždění
forsamlingsamling
samkoma
srečanje
gathering
[ˈgæðərɪŋ]A. N
1. (= assembly) → reunión f; (= persons present) → concurrencia f
2. (Med) → absceso m
3. (Typ) → alzado m
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gathering
n
(= group) → Gruppe f; (= assembly) → Versammlung f; family gathering → Familientreffen nt; a social gathering → ein geselliges Beisammensein
(of people) → Versammeln nt; (of objects) → Sammeln nt; (of fruit) → Pflücken nt; (of crops) → Ernte f; (of speed) → Zunahme f
(Sew) → Fältchen nt
adj
(= assembling) crowd → zusammenlaufend
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gather
(ˈgӕðə) verb1. to (cause to) come together in one place. A crowd of people gathered near the accident.
2. to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc). I gather you are leaving tomorrow.
3. to collect or get. He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information.
4. to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together. She gathered the skirt at the waist.
noun a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc.
ˈgathering noun a meeting of people. a family gathering.
gather round to come together around a person, thing etc. Will everyone please gather round?
gather together to come or bring together, in a group. He gathered his books and papers together.
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