Meaning

14 senses
  1. To collect normally separate things.

    I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.

    She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.

    collect in one place

  2. To collect normally separate things.

    Especially, to harvest food.

    We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.

    собира́тьsobirátʹ, собра́тьsobrátʹ

    look for (food) in nature

  3. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.

    Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.

    аккумули́роватьakkumulírovatʹ

  4. (intransitive)To congregate, or assemble.

    People gathered round as he began to tell his story.

    zusammenfinden

    собира́тьsobirátʹ, собра́тьsobrátʹ

    assemble or get together

  5. (intransitive)To grow gradually larger by accretion.

  6. To bring parts of a whole closer.

    She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

    draw and bring closer

  7. To bring parts of a whole closer.

    To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.

    A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.

  8. To bring stitches closer together.

    Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.

    If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.

    get people together

  9. To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.

    sammeln, versammeln

    собира́тьsobirátʹ, собра́тьsobrátʹ

    збира́тиzbyráty, зібра́тиzibráty, збира́тисяzbyrátysja

  10. To haul in; to take up.

    to gather the slack of a rope

  11. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.

    From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.

    I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.

    де́лать вы́водdélatʹ vývod, заключа́тьzaključátʹ

    conclude from evidence

  12. (intransitive)To be filled with pus

    Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.

Examples

533 sentences
  1. I gather you'll agree with me.

    Я думаю, ти зі мною погодишся.

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  2. We gather here once a week.

    Ми збираємося тут раз на тиждень.

    ruМы собираемся здесь раз в неделю.

    deWir versammeln uns hier einmal in der Woche.

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  3. Tom gathered his stuff and left.

    Том зібрав речі та пішов.

    ruТом собрал свои вещи и ушёл.

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  4. Thousands of people gathered there.

    Там зібрались тисячі людей.

    ruТысячи людей собрались там.

    deTausende von Menschen versammelten sich dort.

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  5. We have to gather information.

    Ми повинні зібрати інформацію.

    ruМы должны собрать информацию.

    deWir müssen Informationen sammeln.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to bring together; to collect:
Русский
By meaning 3
—to harvest:
—to accumulate over time:
to infer or conclude:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
—to congregate:
to bring together; to collect:

Origin

From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto

From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).

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Forms

gathers, gathering, gathered, gathered
Base formgather · to gather
3rd person singulargathers
Present participlegathering
Past simplegathered
Past participlegathered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygather
he, she, itgathers

Past simpleLesson

all personsgathered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gathered
he, she, ithas gathered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gather

Synonyms

21 synonyms
—to accumulate over time:accrueC2
—to congregate:assembleB2
to bring together:aggroup
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

28 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • gathered around
  • of people gathered
  • people gathered
  • people gathered around
  • gathered around the
  • crowd gathered

See also

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