FORGATHER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

forgather

verb

fȯr-ˈga-t͟hər

variants or foregather

Definition of forgather

as in to gather

to come together into one body or place asked the townsfolk to forgather at the war monument for the Memorial Day ceremony

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Once the excitement had died down, the team gathered in a circle and a player went up to Haaland, grabbed the back of his neck and kissed his cheek.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026
He was surrounded by beige pleather armchairs gathered around low tables adorned with silk flowers.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of gather

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The nine-bedroom property meets that tradition with more than 500 feet of frontage, a sandy beach, boathouse and the largest permanent in-water dock on the lake.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Infinitely adjustable to meet all tastes and demands, from coarse to super fine seasoning.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of meet

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Roughly 350 officers from Newport Beach and 17 other agencies including Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol converged in the area.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Every highway expansion has induced new traffic; new trips materialize or converge.

— Pete Harrison, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

Definition of converge

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Starship and Blue Moon will both require refueling flights in order to land astronauts on the lunar surface and then launch them back to orbit around the moon to rendezvous with Orion.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 7 July 2026
From there, Link will rendezvous with Swift, take hold of it with its three grappling arms and use its thrusters to carry it to a higher orbit.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 July 2026

Definition of rendezvous

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In one experiment, participants who assembled furniture themselves were willing to pay 63% more for it than participants who received the same item preassembled.

— Julia Dhar, Time, 11 July 2026
Each vehicle takes about 900 hours of labor to assemble, all of which is done by hand.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of assemble

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