Definition of gathering
2 : a suppurating swelling : abscess
3 : the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild
4 : collection, compilation
5 : a gather in cloth
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Examples of gathering in a Sentence
I see my cousins only at occasional family gatherings.
dinner parties and other social gatherings
a gathering of political leaders
Recent Examples of gathering from the Web
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Those gatherings consist of water authority delegates to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, a regional water agency.
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The Spokesman-Review reports that the bar was also a gathering place for Utah Jazz fans during John Stockton’s playing days.
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As a teenager, he was heavily involved with neo-Nazi groups and, at the age of 28, helped construct and manage the online forum Nordisk.nu, a 22,000-member-strong gathering place for Scandinavian national socialists, including Anders Breivik.
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The public was invited the meet the finalists at a gathering at the central library on March 13.
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Downing’s speech to hundreds of bikers was part of a five-day event that makes up the annual Memorial Day gathering called Rolling Thunder.
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, asked about the matter at the G-7 gathering in Italy on Friday, confirmed the gist of Trump’s comments but indicated they’d been exaggerated due to a translation error.
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Johnson said the added officers will patrol the parks and other open spaces where large gatherings are expected.
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Neighborhood residents were stunned to lose the store, which had been a community hub and literary gathering spot for 35 years.
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GATHERING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of gathering for English Language Learners
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: an occasion when people come together as a group
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: the act or process of gathering something
GATHERING Defined for Kids
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Definition of gathering for Students
: an occasion when people come together as a group a family gathering
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