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forgather

verb

fȯr-ˈga-t͟hər How to pronounce forgather (audio)
variants or foregather
Definition of forgathernext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgather
  1. gather
  2. meet
  3. converge
  4. rendezvous
  5. assemble
  6. convene
Verb
  • Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • About 60 present and past members of the Aurora Lamplighter Chorus and Elgin’s Fox Valley Harmonizers gathered in August to celebrate each group’s 80th anniversary.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of gather
Verb
  • The pope will meet seven French victims of abuse by Catholic clergy on Sunday in Lourdes.
    — Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Use the objective points as ways to innovate on your idea and deliver a product that meets the needs of your audience.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of meet
Verb
  • The search for answers converged with another local fight already underway.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Feather, the Sacramento and the bypass converge on one point — Dos Rios Norte.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of converge
Verb
  • DeepSpace-2 aims to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid, but Solo won't coordinate any of those operations.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rendezvous
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  • Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • If assembling a cheese board isn’t happening this week, this tray does it for you.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of assemble
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  • Smith is building it into an event around IP and where creators, brands and platforms, as well as TV buyers and sellers, can convene (see our interview with Smith for more).
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Clinton Global Initiative has convened political, business and philanthropic leaders to address the world’s issues for more than two decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of convene
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“Forgather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgather. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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