gathering

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.

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

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]

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"

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

gathering

noun

1. A quantity accumulated:

accumulation, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, collection, congeries, cumulation, mass.

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:

concourse, confluence, convergence, junction, meeting.

Translations

تَجَمُّع، إلتِقاء

shromáždění

forsamlingsamling

VersammlungZusammenkunftAnsammlung

συγκέντρωσησυνάθροιση

reuniónasambleaconcurrenciamuchedumbre

réunioncueillette

samkoma

riunioneadunataascessoraccoglimentoraduno

sammenkomst

srečanje

toplantı

集会

gathering

[ˈgæðərɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= assembly) → reunión f; (= persons present) → concurrencia f

2. (Med) → absceso m

3. (Typ) → alzado m

B. ADJ [force, speed] → creciente, en aumento
the gathering storm → la tormenta que se aproxima

gathering

[ˈgæðərɪŋ] n → réunion f
family gathering → une réunion de famille

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

(= increasing) dusk, darkness, gloom → zunehmend; storm, clouds → aufziehend

(= assembling) crowd → zusammenlaufend

gathering

[ˈgæð/ərɪŋ] n (meeting) → raduno, riunione f; (crowd) → gruppo

gather

(ˈgӕðə) verb

1. to (cause to) come together in one place. A crowd of people gathered near the accident. saamdrom يَحْتَشِد، يَتَجَمَّع събирам се reunir-se shromáždit se versammeln samle sig; samles συγκεντρώνω, συγκεντρώνομαι, μαζεύω, μαζεύομαιreunir, juntar, congregarse koguma, kogunema گرد آمدن kokoontua assembler, rassembler לְכַנֵס इकठ्ठा करना okupiti se (össze)gyűjt; (össze)gyűlik berkumpul safnast saman radunarsi 集まる …을 (끌어) 모으다 su(si)rinkti sapulcēties; sapulcināt berkumpul bijeenkomensamle zbierać się ټولول، غونډول، يو ځاى كول، نتيجه اخيستل: غونډېدل، لوييدل reunir-se a se strânge, a se aduna собираться zhromaždiť sa zbrati se okupiti se [för]samlas ชุมนุม toplamak (使)聚集 збиратися; скупчуватися اکٹھا کرنا tụ họp; tập hợp 聚集

2. to learn (from what has been seen, heard etc). I gather you are leaving tomorrow. verstaan, lei af يَفْهَم، يَسْتَنْتِج подразбирам presumir zjistit, dovídat se folgern forstå συνάγω, συμπεραίνωdeducir; tener entendido järeldama درک کردن ymmärtää conclure לִצבּוֹר बटोरना, क्रम संग्रह करना shvatiti, razabrati kivesz menyimpulkan álykta dedurre 推測する …을 (관찰해서) 알다 suprasti secināt dapat tahu begrijpenanta, forstådomyślać się پوهیدل presumir a trage concluzia делать вывод dozvedieť sa, usúdiť sklepati misliti förstå ได้รู้ได้เห็น anlamak 猜想，推測 робити висновок مشاہدے سے سیکھنا hiểu; suy ra 推测

3. to collect or get. He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information. bymekaar maak يَجْمَع бера apanhar sebrat, sklidit sammeln samle μαζεύωrecoger; recolectar korjama جمع آوری کردن kerätä cueillir לֶאֱסוֹף परिणाम निकालना skupljati, dobivati begyűjt, szed mengumpulkan tína raccogliere 採取する 수확하다 (su)rinkti ievākt, iegūt (informāciju); plūkt (puķes); vākt (ražu) mengumpulkan vergarensanke, samle, plukke zbierać غونډول apanhar a strânge, a culege собирать trhať, zbierať nabirati skupljati samla สะสม toplamak 採集，收集 збирати جمع کرنا یا حاصل کرنا thu thập; thu hoạch 采集

4. to pull (material) into small folds and stitch together. She gathered the skirt at the waist. intrek يَضُم أجْزاء من الثَّوْب набирам плат preguear nabrat, nařasit kräuseln rynke σουρώνωfruncir krookima چین دار کردن rypyttää froncer לַעֲשוֹת קְפָלִים मोड़ना skupiti, vući összehúz melipat rykkja increspare ひだを取る 주름을 잡다 suraukti, suklostyti sakrokot (audumu) membuat kedutan rimpelenrynke zmarszczyć چين وركول preguear a plisa собирать в складки nariasiť nabrati nabirati rynka เย็บเข้าไป plise/büzgü yapmak 將(布料)褶起並縫合 збирати в складки لباس میں پلیٹیں ڈالنا gấp (quần áo) 打褶

noun

a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc. plooie طَيَّة الثَّوْب набор на плат prega zřasení die Falte rynke σούραfrunce, fruncido krooge چین poimu fronceקפל कपड़े की तह nabor redő lipatan rykking crespa ひだ 주름 rauktė, klostė (tērpa) krokas kedut lepas plooirynking, rynkerfałda چين prega pliseu сборка; складка záhyby guba nabor rynka, veck พับจีบ plise, büzgü (布料、衣服的)褶子 зборки, складки لباس کی پلیٹ nếp gấp ở quần áo 皱褶

ˈgathering noun

a meeting of people. a family gathering. byeenkoms تَجَمُّع، إلتِقاء събрание reunião shromáždění die Versammlung samling; forsamling συγκέντρωση, σύναξη reunión koosviibimine, kogunemine گردهمایی kokous réunionכנס भीड़ okupljanje, skup összejövetel pertemuan samkoma raduno 集まり 모임 suėjimas, susibūrimas sanāksme; sapulce perjumpaan bijeenkomst samling, selskap, sammenkomstzgromadzenie ټولونه، غونډونه: غونډه، ټولنه reunião reuniune собрание; встреча zhromaždenie srečanje okupljanje sammankomst, möte การประชุม, การชุมนุม, การรวม, การรวบรวม toplantı 集會，聚會 збори اجتماع cuộc hội họp 集会

gather round

to come together around a person, thing etc. Will everyone please gather round? nader staan يَتَجَمَّع حَوْل събирам се около juntar-se shromáždit se kolem sich versammeln um samles om συγκεντρώνομαι γύρω από κπ. ή κτ. reunirse en torno (a) (kellegi, millegi) ümber kogunema دور چیزی جمع شدن kokoontua se rassembler autour (de) לְהִתאַסֵף सभा, जमाव okružiti vki, vmi köré gyűlik berkumpul safnast í kringum raccogliersi intorno まわりに集まる 돕기 위해 모이다 susirinkti aplink sapulcēties (ap kādu/kaut ko) berkumpul samenkomensamle seg rundt zebra�� się wokół د یو شی باندی غوندیدل juntar-se a se strange în jurul cuiva собираться вокруг zhromaždiť sa okolo priti bliže, zbrati se okrog okupiti se samlas runt ห้อมล้อม etrafına toplanmak 靠攏並圍在(某人或某物)周圍 збиратися کیس کے ارد گرد جمع ہونا tập trung 聚拢并围在（某人或某物）周围

gather together

to come or bring together, in a group. He gathered his books and papers together. bymekaar vat يُجَمِّع събирам reunir sebrat zusammensammeln samle sammen μαζεύω σε σωρό reunir, juntar kokku korjama, kogunema کنار هم جمع کردن kerätä yhteen rassembler לֶאֱסוֹף साथ-साथ एकत्र करना prikupiti összegyűjt; összegyűlik mengumpulkan safna(st) saman radunare まとめる 함께 모이다 su(si)rinkti savākt kopā mengumpulkan bijeenkomen, bijeenzoeken samle sammen/opp zebrać ټولول، غونډول، يو ځاى كول، نتيجه اخيستل: غونډېدل، لوييدل reunir a grupa собирать(ся) вместе zozbierať zbrati skupaj spojiti samla ihop รวบรวม toplamak 聚集成一群，收集在一起 збирати ایک گروہ میں اکٹھا کرنا thu thập lại 聚集，收集在一起