forgathering

verb

variants or foregathering
present participle of forgather
as in gathering
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 forgathering
  1. gathering
  2. meeting
  3. converging
  4. assembling
Verb
  • Managers spend more time gathering information than coaching their teams.
    — Kylie Fuentes, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The property also has a movie theater, a resort-style pool area, and multiple spaces for gathering both indoors and out.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Acceptance of the former is advancing, with more than 50 countries meeting in Colombia this year to grapple with how exactly to do it.
    — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But Kye is insecure about the scars on his chest and on his head, so the girl agrees to blindfold herself with a silk scarf before meeting him.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of meeting
Verb
  • These climate-health challenges are converging with broader demographic and social trends.
    — Mitch New, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Wynwood is becoming a place where technology, finance, luxury housing and higher education are converging.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of converging
Verb
  • Teams are moving past small-scale lab tests and assembling the industrial supply chain needed to build actual power stations.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Don and Mera Rubell had spent decades assembling one of the world’s most important private collections of contemporary art.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembling
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“Forgathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgathering. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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