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gathering

[ gath-er-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an assembly or meeting.
Synonyms: assemblage
an assemblage of people; group or crowd.
Synonyms: throng, company, concourse, congregation
a collection, assemblage, or compilation of anything.
the act of a person or thing that gathers.
something that is gathered together.
a gather or a series of gathers in cloth.
an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
Synonyms: carbuncle, abscess, boil
(in a flue, duct, or the like) a tapered section forming a transition between two sections, one of which has a greater area than the other.
Bookbinding. a section in a book, usually a sheet cut into several leaves.

gathering

/ ˈɡæðərɪŋ /

First recorded before 900; Middle English gaderinge, Old English gaderunge; equivalent to gather + -ing ¹

The St. Thomas gathering happened around 2005, according to Krauss.

The gathering of the thousands of cops had been a soul-stirring sight.

This is not about gathering intelligence or expanding surveillance.

Bashing commercialism at a commercial gathering would be ridiculous.

As I was gathering my things to go, the president suggested we take a few pictures together.

He gasped a few times, then, gathering strength again, went on with that horrible spasmodic recitation.

Children freshly befurbelowed, were gathering for their games under the oaks.

Walker had painted a picture he called "Spring," a young girl gathering primroses in a wood.

He annually has a gathering of distinguished farmers and others to inspect his estate and see how his "book farming" gets on.

And gathering up Stéphanie like a bunch of snowdrops, the yellow, galvanized iron old lady swept out of the room.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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