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gre·gar·i·ous

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–adjective

1.	fond of the company of others; sociable.

2.	living in flocks or herds, as animals.

3.	Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.

4.	pertaining to a flock or crowd.

[Origin: 1660–70; < L gregārius belonging to a flock, equiv. to greg- (s. of grex) flock + -ārius -arious

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—Related forms

gre·gar·i·ous·ly, adverb

gre·gar·i·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.

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gre·gar·i·ous Audio Help (grĭ-gâr'ē-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
Botany Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted.

[Latin gregārius, belonging to a flock, from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

gre·gar'i·ous·ly adv., gre·gar'i·ous·ness n.

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gregarious

1668, "living in flocks" (of animals), from L. gregarius, from grex (gen. gregis) "flock, herd," reduplication of PIE base *gere- "to gather together, assemble" (cf. Gk. ageirein "to assemble," agora "assembly;" O.C.S. grusti "handful;" Lith. gurgulys "chaos, confusion, gurguole "crowd, mass"). Sense of "sociable" first recorded 1789.

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gregarious
adjective
1.	(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species; "gregarious bird species" [ant: ungregarious]
2.	instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude"
3.	(of plants) growing in groups that are close together [ant: ungregarious]

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gregarious1 [griˈgeəriəs] adjective

liking the company of other people
Example: a gregarious person

Arabic:	إجْتِماعي، مُحب لِمُرافقة الآخرين
Chinese (Simplified):	爱交际的
Chinese (Traditional):	愛交際的
Czech:	společenský
Danish:	selskabelig
Estonian:	seltsiv
Finnish:	seurallinen
French:	sociable
German:	gesellig
Greek:	κοινωνικός
Hungarian:	társaságot kedvelő
Icelandic:	félagslyndur
Indonesian:	suka berteman
Italian:	socievole
Japanese:	社交的な

Korean:	사교적인
Latvian:	sabiedrisks
Lithuanian:	draugiškas
Norwegian:	sosial, selskapelig
Polish:	towarzyski
Portuguese (Brazil):	sociável
Portuguese (Portugal):	sociável
Romanian:	sociabil
Russian:	общительный
Slovak:	spoločenský
Slovenian:	družaben
Spanish:	gregario, sociable
Swedish:	sällskaplig
Turkish:	insancıl, toplum sever

gregarious2 [griˈgeəriəs] adjective

(of animals, birds etc) living in groups
Example: Geese are gregarious.

Arabic:	جَماعي
Chinese (Simplified):	群居的
Chinese (Traditional):	群居的
Czech:	stádní, houfný
Danish:	som optræder i flok
Estonian:	karjas elav, karja-
Finnish:	laumassa elävä, lauma-
French:	grégaire
German:	gesellig
Greek:	αγελαίος, κοπαδιαστός
Hungarian:	nyájban élő
Icelandic:	hópsækinn, hjarðleitinn
Indonesian:	hidup berkelompok
Italian:	gregario
Japanese:	群居する

Korean:	군서하는
Latvian:	bara-
Lithuanian:	bandomis, *pulkais gyvenantys
Norwegian:	som opptrer, *vokser i klynger
Polish:	stadny
Portuguese (Brazil):	gregário
Portuguese (Portugal):	gregário
Romanian:	gregar
Russian:	стадный
Slovak:	žijúci v čriede (stáde, kŕdli), stádový
Slovenian:	čreden
Spanish:	gregario
Swedish:	som lever i flock
Turkish:	sürü halinde yaşayan, toplumsal

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Gregarious

Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." --Milton.

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston.

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]

Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

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Gregarious

Con"gre*gate\, a. [L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] --Bacon.

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Gregarious

E*gre"gious\ (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious.] Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

The egregious impudence of this fellow. --Bp. Hall.

His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. --Milton.

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Gregarious

\"d8Greg`a*ri"n\"91\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius. See Gregarious.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are am[oe]biform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.

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Gregarious

Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. --Burke.

No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness, n.

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Gregarious

Seg"re*gate\, a. [L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See Gregarious.]

1. Separate; select.

2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind.

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