gathering
A meeting or get-togetherA meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
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» A crowd was gathering around him.
Eine Menschenmenge versammelte sich um ihn. — Wolf
Вокруг него собиралась толпа. — marafon
Навколо нього збирався натовп. — brambury
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesA 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.
Zusammenkunft, Versammlung
встре́чаvstréča
A group of people or things.
a gathering of Catholics
Ansammlung
собра́ниеsobránije, сбо́рищеsbórišče, сборsbor
a group of persons together in one place
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.
(uncountable)The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Examples
159 sentencesA crowd was gathering around him.
Навколо нього збирався натовп. — brambury
ruВокруг него собиралась толпа. — marafon
deEine Menschenmenge versammelte sich um ihn. — Wolf
They are gathering nuts.
Вони збирають горіхи. — deniko
ruОни собирают орехи. — marafon
deSie sammeln Nüsse. — jakov
All the children were gathering flowers.
ruВсе дети собирали цветы. — marafon
There seems to be a big crowd gathering outside our office building.
People are gathering outside.
ruСнаружи собираются люди. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalenFrom Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).
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Forms
plural: gatherings| Singular | gathering |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- a group of persons together in one place:assemblage
- the act of gathering something:gather
- sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching:gather
- the social act of assembling:assemblyassemblage
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.