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单词 gathering
释义

gathering

1 of 2

noun

gath·​er·​ing ˈga-t͟hə-riŋ How to pronounce gathering (audio)
ˈgat͟h-
plural gatherings
1
: a coming together of people in a group (as for social, religious, or political purposes) : assembly, meeting
an informal gathering
a gathering of world leaders
planned a big family gathering
2
: the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild
Hunting and gathering also added to the food supply. Wild fruits, berries and mollusks were gathered … Barbara A. Leitch
… peoples who raise domesticated animals and who do not depend on hunting, gathering, or the planting of their own crops … Marvin Harris
3
: collection, compilation
4
: a gather in cloth
5
: a suppurating swelling : abscess

gathering

2 of 2

present participle of gather entry 1

Synonyms

Noun

  • assemblage
  • assembly
  • conference
  • congregation
  • convocation
  • ingathering
  • meeting
  • muster
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Example Sentences

Noun I see my cousins only at occasional family gatherings. dinner parties and other social gatherings a gathering of political leaders
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
These recipes from cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller are easy to make and tried-and-true crowd pleasers perfect for your next casual gathering. Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 These recipes from cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller are easy to make and tried-and-true crowd pleasers perfect for your next casual gathering. Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 Finding the right recipes for your weekend gathering is hard work. Zach Wade, CNN, 2 Sep. 2022 Coconut-Pumpkin Soup Want to turn up the heat at your Halloween gathering? Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2022 Days later, the Taliban held their own public gathering in Kabul to mark a year in power. Susannah George, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Advisers expect the topic of reelection will be a major discussion point when the family gathers for their traditional Thanksgiving gathering in Nantucket, and/or around Christmas. Mike Memoli, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2022 Enjoy these tomatoes at your next summertime gathering or any time of the year. Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2022 Well, now Emeril is going to help one lucky football fan win that fight at his next gathering. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

gathering

noun

gath·​er·​ing
ˈga-t͟hə-riŋ
: an occasion when people come together as a group
a family gathering

Medical Definition

gathering

noun

gath·​er·​ing
: a suppurating swelling : abscess

gathering 1 of 3

noun

1
as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • assembly
  • meeting
  • conference
  • assemblage
  • congregation
  • audience
  • convocation
  • symposium
  • ingathering
  • panel
  • throng
  • synod
  • crowd
  • swarm
  • market
  • muster
  • flock
  • coterie
  • caucus
  • rally
  • gang
  • forum
  • house
  • horde
  • multitude
  • consort
  • pack
  • grandstand
  • company
  • rabble
  • press
  • legion
  • gallery
  • mob
  • crush
  • rabblement
2
as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • meeting
  • assembly
  • convention
  • conclave
  • symposium
  • get-together
  • conference
  • convocation
  • congress
  • workshop
  • council
  • huddle
  • synod
  • rally
  • seminar
  • discussion
  • demonstration
  • session
  • conversation
  • caucus
  • summit
  • dialogue
  • discourse
  • negotiation
  • cabinet
  • clinic
  • talk
  • forum
  • interview
  • audience
  • roundtable
  • confab
  • dialog
  • parley
  • palaver
  • round-robin
3
as in collection
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time a great gathering of dust under the bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • collection
  • accumulation
  • assemblage
  • jumble
  • pile
  • mixture
  • mix
  • cumulation
  • mass
  • assortment
  • pileup
  • accretion
  • heap
  • cumulus
  • conglomerate
  • hoard
  • lodgment
  • supply
  • medley
  • conglomeration
  • aggregation
  • potpourri
  • hodgepodge
  • aggregate
  • mishmash
  • motley
  • inventory
  • mélange
  • lodgement
  • hash
  • congeries
  • clutter
  • agglomerate
  • sum
  • agglomeration
  • stockpile
  • hotchpotch
  • store
  • litter
  • reserve
  • nest egg
  • totality
  • cache
  • fund
  • backlog
  • kitty
  • stock

gathering

2 of 3

adjective

as in brewing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • brewing
  • coming
  • approaching
  • future
  • upcoming
  • forthcoming
  • possible
  • looming
  • nearing
  • probable
  • oncoming
  • near
  • impending
  • threatening
  • pending
  • lowering
  • imminent
  • anticipated
  • inevitable
  • likely
  • awaited
  • unavoidable
  • apocalyptic
  • expected
  • predicted
  • ominous
  • menacing
  • apocalyptical
  • portentous
  • foreseen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • remote
  • distant
  • ultimate
  • past
  • far-off
  • eventual
  • recent
  • former
  • late
  • bygone
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gathering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of gather
1
as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • collecting
  • assembling
  • amassing
  • grouping
  • accumulating
  • corralling
  • garnering
  • packing
  • combining
  • joining
  • congregating
  • organizing
  • concentrating
  • lumping
  • constellating
  • getting together
  • arranging
  • uniting
  • piling
  • mustering
  • stacking
  • compiling
  • huddling
  • clustering
  • rallying
  • raising
  • rounding up
  • connecting
  • swarming
  • merging
  • flocking
  • batching
  • pooling
  • collating
  • regrouping
  • balling
  • picking up
  • bulking (up)
  • herding
  • banding
  • bunching
  • linking
  • heaping
  • archiving
  • systematizing
  • pressing
  • thronging
  • hiving
  • regathering
  • brigading
  • re-collecting
  • scraping (up or together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dispersing
  • scattering
  • dissipating
  • sending
  • separating
  • dissolving
  • disintegrating
  • splitting (up)
  • dismissing
  • dispelling
  • severing
  • breaking up
  • disbanding
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2
as in harvesting
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • harvesting
  • picking
  • growing
  • fishing
  • reaping
  • gleaning
  • accumulating
  • hunting
  • mowing
  • foraging
  • capturing
  • sealing
  • cutting
  • trapping
  • cropping
  • garnering
  • raising
  • whaling
  • clamming
  • bagging
  • haying
  • netting
  • shrimping
  • snaring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • planting
  • seeding
  • sowing
3
as in assembling
to come together into one body or place a crowd gathered around the street musician ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • meeting
  • assembling
  • converging
  • rendezvousing
  • convening
  • collecting
  • joining
  • congregating
  • clustering
  • merging
  • foregathering
  • forgathering
  • conglomerating
  • concentrating
  • concentering
  • cooperating
  • collaborating
  • consolidating
  • getting together
  • clubbing
  • uniting
  • caucusing
  • federating
  • regathering
  • coupling
  • consorting
  • affiliating
  • reassembling
  • confederating
  • reconvening
  • allying
  • associating
  • conjoining
  • remeeting
  • ganging up
  • banding (together)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dispersing
  • leaving
  • splitting (up)
  • disbanding
  • breaking up
  • departing
  • taking off
  • dissociating
  • disuniting
  • disjoining
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4
as in deriving
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • deriving
  • understanding
  • deciding
  • deducing
  • extrapolating
  • thinking
  • inferring
  • reasoning
  • judging
  • reading
  • speculating
  • ascertaining
  • guessing
  • concluding
  • interpreting
  • drawing a conclusion
  • assuming
  • conjecturing
  • philosophizing
  • making out
  • surmising
  • contemplating
  • rationalizing
  • supposing
  • construing
  • finding out
  • doping (out)
5
as in accumulating
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • accumulating
  • collecting
  • amassing
  • massing
  • concentrating
  • conglomerating
  • accreting
  • drifting
  • clumping
  • piling (up)
  • stacking (up)
  • building up
  • lumping
  • banking
  • agglutinating
  • ridging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • scattering
  • dispersing
  • dissipating
6
as in gaining
to gradually increase in the movement gathered force as election day neared

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • gaining
  • accumulating
  • amassing
  • accruing
  • expanding
  • building up
  • stimulating
  • exciting
  • enhancing
  • growing (in)
  • enriching
  • maximizing
  • mounting
  • picking up
  • enlarging
  • extending
  • boosting
  • elevating
  • stepping up
  • tripling (in)
  • doubling (in)
  • ramping (up)
  • jacking (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • losing
  • decreasing (in)
  • dwindling
  • falling (in)
  • dipping
  • tapering
  • declining (in)
  • diminishing (in)
  • lessening
  • tapering off
  • abating
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7
as in summoning
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers gathered the strength to finish the marathon

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • summoning
  • evoking
  • eliciting
  • getting up
  • raising
  • educing
  • conjuring (up)
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