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congregate

[ verb kong-gri-geyt; adjective kong-gri-git, -geyt ]

verb (used without object)

, con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing.
  1. to come together; assemble, especially in large numbers:

    People waiting for rooms congregated in the hotel lobby.

    Synonyms: cluster, throng, collect, gather



verb (used with object)

, con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing.
  1. to bring together in a crowd, body, or mass; assemble; collect.

adjective

  1. congregated; assembled.
  2. formed by collecting; collective.

congregate

verb

  1. to collect together in a body or crowd; assemble


adjective

  1. collected together; assembled
  2. relating to collecting; collective

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Derived Forms

  • ˈcongreˌgative, adjective
  • ˈcongreˌgativeness, noun
  • ˈcongreˌgator, noun

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Other Words From

  • congre·gative adjective
  • congre·gative·ness noun
  • congre·gator noun
  • de·congre·gate verb decongregated decongregating
  • non·congre·gative adjective
  • un·congre·gated adjective
  • un·congre·gative adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of congregate1

1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Latin congregātus (past participle of congregāre to flock together), equivalent to con- con- + greg- (stem of grex ) flock + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of congregate1

C15: from Latin congregāre to collect into a flock, from grex flock

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Example Sentences

The study recommended that airports work with qualified HVAC engineers to determine how they can augment current systems, particularly in areas where travelers tend to congregate.

The coronavirus has been particularly virulent in places where people congregate — churches, nursing homes, prisons, close-quarters work environments and the like.

“It’s unwise to bring disparate people together in a congregate setting during the time of the pandemic, and the Super Bowl is no exception to that,” says John Swartzberg, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Galaxies congregate in superclusters on scales vastly greater than anything experts had considered before the 20th century.

The meeting usually would have taken place in the Gertrude-Lafrance cafeteria, but by the spring it had become part of the Quebec medical facility’s red zone, making it an unsafe place to congregate.

A few children, settler children, congregate near what appears to have been the bus station.

During the Iranian iteration, one event allowed customers to congregate with a local dining in Iran.

An NYPD official says an AP reporter called to ask where people of Chechen descent might congregate in New York City.

The whole point of a bohemia is that people congregate in a relatively well-defined area.

Yet in the film, the dwarves, hobbit and wizard all congregate to a single tree that remains untouched by the fire.

Patriots were inclined to congregate about the Lion d'Or and to ask awkward questions.

At its upper end, below my windows, all the cats of the neighbourhood congregate as soon as darkness gathers.

There was no help for it, and men and women had to congregate in these barns together.

The trouble was in the outfield—where the trouble in such contests are sure to congregate.

The term is now used loosely of any locality in a city or country where Jews congregate.

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