congregate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
2. (intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Congregated.
2. (obsolete) Congregated (organized on a congregational basis).
3. (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.

Noun

Assembled persons.

Synonyms

assemble

gather

meet

muster

rally

flock

swarm

throng

crowd

get together

convene

mass

gather together

collect

rendezvous

join

forgather

come together

become united

accumulate

concentrate

mobilize

amass

aggregate

foregather

regroup

roll up

round up

segregate

stream

surround

talk

🗣️

turn out

bunch together

flock together

fly together

have a meeting

join together

meet together

pull round

recover from

be crowded

be jammed

be congested

be crammed

be over crowded

mustre

family reunion

reassembble

agglomerate

Translations

sich versammeln

congregarse

sich treffen

συναθροίζω

congregar

riunirsi

bijeenkomen

samenkomen

se réunir

vergaderen

réunir

se rassembler

rassembler

coire

συνέρχομαι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹə.ɡeɪt/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.