Meaning

6 senses
  1. 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.

    Zusammenkunft, Versammlung

    встре́чаvstréča

  2. A group of people or things.

    a gathering of Catholics

    Ansammlung

    собра́ниеsobránije, сбо́рищеsbórišče, сборsbor

    a group of persons together in one place

  3. 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.

  4. A charitable contribution; a collection.

  5. (uncountable)The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.

  6. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Examples

159 sentences
  1. A crowd was gathering around him.

    Навколо нього збирався натовп. — brambury

    ruВокруг него собиралась толпа. — marafon

    deEine Menschenmenge versammelte sich um ihn. — Wolf

  2. They are gathering nuts.

    Вони збирають горіхи. — deniko

    ruОни собирают орехи. — marafon

    deSie sammeln Nüsse. — jakov

  3. All the children were gathering flowers.

    ruВсе дети собирали цветы. — marafon

  4. There seems to be a big crowd gathering outside our office building.

  5. People are gathering outside.

    ruСнаружи собираются люди. — marafon

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
get-together, social function:
group of people or things:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
get-together, social function:
group of people or things:

Origin

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalen

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).

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Forms

plural: gatherings
Singulargathering

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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