gathering

1 of 2

noun

gath·er·ing ˈga-t͟hə-riŋ How to pronounce gathering (audio)

ˈgat͟h-

plural gatherings

: 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

: 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

: collection, compilation

: a gather in cloth

: a suppurating swelling : abscess

gathering

2 of 2

present participle of gather entry 1

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

gathering 1 of 3

noun

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

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

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

gathering

3 of 3

verb

present participle of gather

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

单词	gathering
释义	gathering 1 of 2 noun gath·er·ing ˈga-t͟hə-riŋ 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 See all Synonyms & Antonyms 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 See More 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 See More 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 See More 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 See More 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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