gathering en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ (US)
- /ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).
Meanings
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A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
The dinner was a star-spangled gathering unequaled in history.
I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
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A group of people or things.
a gathering of Catholics
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A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
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(uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:
- A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gatherings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
data gathering · sports gathering · gathering place · newsgathering · taxgathering · evidence-gathering · woolgathering · intelligence-gathering
Synonyms
concourse · congregation · assemblage · assemblage · affair
Translations (104)
ru сбо́рище (group of people or things) · ota اجتماع (get-together, social function) · nb sammenkomst (get-together, social function) · gl asemblea (group of people or things) · de Ansammlung (group of people or things) · it gruppo (group of people or things) · ko 모임 (get-together, social function) · ota جمعیت (get-together, social function) · pl zgromadzenie (group of people or things) · fi arkkivihko (bookbinding: group of sheets) · mk со́бор (group of people or things) · fi joukko (group of people or things) · nn innsamling (group of people or things) · fi ryhmä (group of people or things) · fr rassemblement (group of people or things) · sq mbledhje (get-together, social function) · gv cruinnaght (get-together, social function) · pt encontro (get-together, social function) · ru собра́ние (group of people or things) · zu imbizo (get-together, social function) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌿𐌼𐌸𐍃 (get-together, social function) · nb innsamling (group of people or things) · hu begyűjtés (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · ru сбор (group of people or things) · wa rapoûlaedje (get-together, social function) · fi tapaaminen (get-together, social function) · fr cahier (bookbinding: group of sheets) · fr assemblée (group of people or things) · he הִתְקַהֲלוּת (get-together, social function) · ota مجلس (get-together, social function) · es allegamiento (group of people or things) · sk zhromaždenie (get-together, social function) · bg сборище (group of people or things) · hu betakarítás (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · ckb کۆبونەوە (get-together, social function) · hu gyűjtögetés (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · it raduno (get-together, social function) · pl zebranie (group of people or things) · wa cayé (bookbinding: group of sheets) · sk stretnutie (get-together, social function) · txb kraupalñe (group of people or things) · fi kokous (get-together, social function) · wa rashonnmint (group of people or things) · txb sārri (get-together, social function) · zu umhlangano (get-together, social function) · wa rashonnaedje (group of people or things) · it incontro (get-together, social function) · hy հավաքույթ (get-together, social function) · ka კრება (group of people or things) · fr groupe (group of people or things) · fi kerääminen (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · fi valikoima (group of people or things) · cs schůze (get-together, social function) · ota محفل (get-together, social function) · hu gyűjtés (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · cs shromáždění (get-together, social function) · de Zusammenkunft (get-together, social function) · ja 集まり (get-together, social function) · mk соби́рање (get-together, social function) · gd cruinneachadh (group of people or things) · hu ív (bookbinding: group of sheets) · ru встре́ча (get-together, social function) · pl składka (bookbinding: group of sheets) · pl biesiada (get-together, social function) · mi kauopeopenga (get-together, social function) · ota درنك (get-together, social function) · ota انجمن (get-together, social function) · sv tryckark (bookbinding: group of sheets) · fr rencontre (get-together, social function) · mk собо́риште (group of people or things) · pt assembleia (group of people or things) · fi kokoontuminen (get-together, social function) · bg събрание (get-together, social function) · fr réunion (get-together, social function) · ka კრება (get-together, social function) · es encuentro (get-together, social function) · bg събиране (get-together, social function) · fi keräily (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · da forsamling (group of people or things) · ka შეკრება (get-together, social function) · es alleganza (group of people or things) · wa ramexhnaedje (group of people or things) · bg струпване (group of people or things) · de Versammlung (get-together, social function) · mi taiopenga (group of people or things) · da komsammen (get-together, social function) · sv ark (bookbinding: group of sheets) · fi kasa (group of people or things) · fr rassemblement (get-together, social function) · hu szedés (collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature) · gd cruinneachadh (get-together, social function) · da sammenkomst (get-together, social function) · nl katern (bookbinding: group of sheets) · mi taiopenga (get-together, social function) · ms perhimpunan (group of people or things) · eo kunveno (get-together, social function) · fi lahjoitus (charitable contribution; collection) · wa raploû (get-together, social function) · it quaderno (bookbinding: group of sheets) · fi kokoelma (group of people or things) · pt caderno (bookbinding: group of sheets) · fi keräys (charitable contribution; collection) · cs slet (get-together, social function) · hu összejövetel (get-together, social function)