gathering.
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
Meaning & usage
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.
A group of people or things.
a gathering of Catholics
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.
The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).
That gathers together.
She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).
present participle and gerund of gather
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).
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