gathering
an assembly or meeting.
an assemblage of people; group or crowd.
a collection, assemblage, or compilation of anything.
the act of a person or thing that gathers.
something that is gathered together.
an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
(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.
Origin of gathering
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How to use gathering in a sentence
Should we cancel gatherings, reunions, excursions, or throw ourselves into them with even more gratitude for one another?
We are talking about public gatherings, people will be together, dancing, sweating, and touching each other.
Among the garbage was the typical detritus of public gatherings: water bottles, soda cans, candy wrappers.
“Traditionally, older Iranian men have smoked opium in their poetry readings and backgammon gatherings,” says Bahari.
As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners? | IranWire | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut everyone who attends these ritual gatherings is rewarded in some way.
Every moment the mob increased in density, and with difficulty the coaches wormed their way through the tumultuous gatherings.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottFor some years the bags made at these little annual gatherings had been noted in the daily papers.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsThere is no evidence, however, which would justify us in crediting such gatherings with any substantial degree of local authority.
The fascination of one whom I had sometimes met in our village gatherings, seemed to be restoring me to myself.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper AlmoreThe richer and wider my phrases the thinner sounded my voice in these non-resonating gatherings.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for gathering
/ (ˈɡæðərɪŋ) /
a group of people, things, etc, that are gathered together; assembly
sewing a gather or series of gathers in material
the formation of pus in a boil
the pus so formed
printing an informal name for section (def. 17)
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