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
  • Depp emerged from the door of the installation and addressed the crowd, which had been gathering on the street in front of the installation for more than an hour.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 July 2026
  • By late morning, the palace courtyard and surrounding streets were considerably busier, helped along by crowds gathering for the changing of the guard.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of gathering
Verb
  • Having passed on meeting the Rogers fee, Arsenal will turn to alternative targets.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Tulare County Sheriff's Office shared video of Fig happily meeting her family again on July 15.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of meeting
Verb
  • Why couch fabric pilling happens on bouclé Three forces are converging.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Still, its findings portray multiple pressures converging at once.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of converging
Verb
  • Why hardware is notoriously difficult To build and ship a family of new devices, the Ive-OpenAI alliance will need to be hyper-focused, including assembling a manufacturing system from scratch.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Microsoft's Agent Operating System Rather than focusing exclusively on the model layer, Microsoft is assembling what increasingly looks like an operating system for agents.
    — Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of assembling
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“Forgathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgathering. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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