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gathering¹

  • /ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ US

Where it comes from

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

noun gatherings

  1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function. The dinner was a star-spangled gathering unequaled in history.

    Similar: assemblage, affair

  2. A group of people or things. a gathering of Catholics

    Similar: assemblage, concourse, congregation

  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. The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.
  6. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

gathering²

  • /ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather + -ing (present participle ending).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of gather

adjective

  1. not comparable That gathers together. She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: assemblage, assembly, intensifying, deepening, thickening, get-together, rendezvous, meeting, rally, assembling, massing, collected, collect, collector, garnering, collecting

Translations

Every language

noun get-together, social function

Españolencuentro
한국어모임 moim
日本語集まり atsumari
Portuguêsencontro
Françaisrencontre, réunion, rassemblement
DeutschZusammenkunft, Versammlung
Italianoincontro, raduno
Русскийвстре́ча vstréča
עבריתהִתְקַהֲלוּת hitkahalút

noun group of people or things

Españolallegamiento, alleganza
Portuguêsassembleia
Françaisassemblée, groupe, rassemblement
DeutschAnsammlung
Italianogruppo
Русскийсобра́ние sobránije, сбо́рище sbórišče, сбор sbor

noun bookbinding: group of sheets

Portuguêscaderno
Françaiscahier
Italianoquaderno

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@misc{gathering_2026,
  title = {gathering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gathering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}