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as in assembly
a body of people come together in one place
the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
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as in collection
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a great gathering of dust under the bed
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as in collecting
to bring together in one body or place
he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recess
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as in harvesting
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter
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as in converging
to come together into one body or place
a crowd gathered around the street musician ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meeting
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as in deriving
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?
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as in accumulating
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation
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as in gaining
to gradually increase in
the movement gathered force as election day neared
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as in summoning
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers
gathered the strength to finish the marathon
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as in brewing
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Recent Examples of gathering
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist Nate Forbes and then-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing took to the stage before a gathering of hundreds of guests to cut the ribbon to The Detroit Shoppe at the Somerset Collection — a pop-up store on the third level of the upscale Troy mall’s north side.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
One powerful way to do so is launching a signature-gathering campaign for what might be called the 2022 Restoration Act, returning city trash and parking fees to the levels seen that year.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The porch part of the name is a nod to the role the gathering space plays in Gullah culture.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist Nate Forbes and then-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing took to the stage before a gathering of hundreds of guests to cut the ribbon to The Detroit Shoppe at the Somerset Collection — a pop-up store on the third level of the upscale Troy mall’s north side.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Teams are mostly in the information-gathering phase right now — not just evaluating potential targets, but taking a hard look at themselves, too.
—Dianna Russini, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
One powerful way to do so is launching a signature-gathering campaign for what might be called the 2022 Restoration Act, returning city trash and parking fees to the levels seen that year.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gathering
Noun
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The ruling party, Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, controls the legislature with 94 of 100 seats at the senate and 152 of 180 at the national assembly.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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These capsules were then carefully arranged and sealed within the final experiment assembly.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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More personnel decisions, such as the expulsion and replacement of Central Committee members, are expected to be formalized at the meeting.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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In the end, the cause of sea star wasting disease wasn’t discovered in a lab, but in a meeting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Political parties, media brands, and government agencies turn out to be just a collection of individuals vulnerable to pressure and attack.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In consultation with Todd Arrington, former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, the Protocol Gift Unit opted to purchase a replica of a sword in the Eisenhower collection rather than removing an object from the collection.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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But the Chiefs didn’t pick up a first down on either one, collecting 15 yards worth of penalties on the second one to seal the loss.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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Guard members have also been tasked with beautification efforts, like collecting trash, spreading mulch and painting fences.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When harvesting the nuts, pickers should wear gloves to protect their hands from the walnuts' juice, which will stain hands.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The race to dominate the humanoid robotics market is as much about harvesting 3D data as finessing the nuts and bolts.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The impeccable fusion between the organic and the electronic sounds, distinctive of the band led by vocalist Li Saumet, highlights the Caribbean drums, synthesizers and vallenato-style guitars converging at the same point.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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But the two issues are converging.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Specifically, Larsson was searching for dentalium shells—the long, tubular shells deriving from dentaliums, a type of marine mollusk.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the years since, Wickelgren, Kass and others have reframed a host of other enumerative problems using motivic homotopy theory, deriving the relevant quadratic forms in various number systems.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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Scientists continued the effort, eventually accumulating data from upward of 7,000 healthy individuals.—
Carrie Arnold,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Outer lanes are more prone to accumulating water.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Gathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gathering. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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