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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryli class='vi-' role='text'>//I see my cousins only at occasional family gatherings.//dinner parties and other social gatherings //a gathering of political leaders
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryHistory and Etymology
Noun
Middle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gathering
noun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather
- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacationSynonymsHistory and EtymologyNounMiddle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gatheringnoun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verbSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacationSynonymsHistory and EtymologyNounMiddle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gatheringnoun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verbSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacationSynonymsHistory and EtymologyNounMiddle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gatheringnoun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verbSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacationSynonymsHistory and EtymologyNounMiddle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gatheringnoun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verbSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacationSynonymsHistory and EtymologyNounMiddle English gaderyng, gederunge, going back to Old English gadrung, gædrung, gegaderung, gegadrung "joining, union, assembly," from gadrian, gaderian "to join, unite, gather entry 1" + -ung -ing entry 3gatheringnoun
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 3)
- a body of people come together in one place //the President spoke before the gathering of student leaders
- a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose //attended a gathering for descendants of people who came to America on the Mayflower
- a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time //a great gathering of dust under the bedSynonyms
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 3)
- as in brewingSynonyms & Near Synonyms
verbSynonyms & Antonyms (Entry 3 of 3)
present participle of gather- to bring together in one body or place //he gathered the leftovers from the table and gave them to the dog //let's gather the students and have them line up on the playground before going in from recessSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear AntonymsAntonyms
- to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use //late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winterSynonymsRelated Words
- to come together into one body or place //a crowd gathered around the street musician //ask the faculty to gather in the lounge for the meetingSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesAntonyms
- to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information //I gather that, since you are back so early, she didn't want to see you?SynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous Phrases
- to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass //the newspapers that had been allowed to gather on the front doorstep told thieves that the family was away on vacation