gathering

Noun

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
2. A group of people or things.
3. A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. (uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
6. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Verb

present participle and gerund of gather

Adj

That gathers together.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gadering

Inherited from Old English: gaderung

Inherited from Middle English: gaderynge

In summary

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).

Synonyms

meeting

assembly

collection

collecting

assemblage

gather

accumulation

congregation

crowd

assemble

rally

reunion

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convention

picking

conference

group

aggregation

company

concourse

get-together

bringing together

multitude

muster

band

cumulation

throng

congress

sitting

compilation

piling

body

amassment

host

harvest

heap

party

🥳

concentration

family

👪

get together

combination

clutch

cluster

accumulative

completing

agglomeration

convening

council

bundle

battery

🔋

assembling

Translations

réunion

rassemblement

riunione

reunión

Versammlung

assemblée

bijeenkomst

reunião

assemblea

συνάθροιση

samenkomst

Sammlung

raduno

Zusammenkunft

ramassage

Sentences

He felt silly wearing a tie to the informal gathering .