gathering
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of gathering
First recorded before 900; Middle English gaderinge, Old English gaderunge; equivalent to gather + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles chapter will hold its gathering in Manhattan Beach on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times
The two men were employed by Moran Security Group, a Russian private security company, and were tasked with monitoring the crew and gathering intelligence, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP.
From Barron's
Similar gatherings took place elsewhere in Iran including in Tehran and the central city of Yazd.
From Barron's
At a March 2025 gathering at Town Hall, the council voted to claim a public easement on Horning’s land.
F-22 fighters and aerial tankers are gathering in Israel, adding to the military buildup.
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