gathering
//ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- gatherings
Definitions
1.A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
2.A group of people or things.
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.
1.present participle and gerund of gather
1.That gathers together.
- She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4580
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English gadering
From Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).