Gathering

Quick meaning: Gathering is a noun meaning A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

Meaning

A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

More Meanings

1. A group of people or things.
2. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
3. A charitable contribution; a collection.
4. (uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
5. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
6. present participle and gerund of gather
7. That gathers together.

Example Sentences

a gathering of Catholics

She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.

I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.

This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for gathering

Depending on context, synonyms include assemblage, concourse, congregation, gather, thickening, deepening.

Antonyms for gathering

Common opposites include dismantling, disassembly, dismantlement.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include assemblage, assembly, intensifying, deepening, thickening, get-together.

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