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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Finally, the third recruits seaweed to gather minerals that are otherwise too dilute to chase.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Uptown’s First Ward Park became a scene of resistance Saturday evening when about 75 people gathered to mourn two men who were fatally shot by ICE this month.

— Noah Vinsky July 25, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026

Definition of gather

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Want to know what to wear to feel closer to yourself, how to update your home to meet a new phase of life, or ways to switch up a beauty routine during an important transit?

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
Smith met the victim at Little Platte Swim Beach, the probable cause statement said, where three men allegedly approached the pair.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of meet

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Equipped with three robotic arms for grabbing the observatory some 350 kilometers above Earth, LINK is meant to rendezvous with and capture Swift and then use xenon-gas thrusters to raise the observatory’s orbit, giving it a new lease on life.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
The orbital refueling demonstration will include two Starship launches, allowing the vehicles to rendezvous and dock with one another in orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

Definition of rendezvous

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Engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory assembled the core detector modules and tested the preliminary hardware.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
The document described the gun as a Polymer80 firearm, which is sold in parts and assembled by the user.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Definition of assemble

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After an earlier round of examination scandals in 2024, the government convened a panel of experts that delivered 101 recommendations that October.

— Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
This is a vision that allows Black people to rest, to have agency over their labor and time, to have freedom of movement, to convene together.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

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