Gathering Synonyms and Antonyms
găth'ər-ĭng
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Synonyms for Gathering
(Uncountable) The action of the verb to meet.
A group of persons gathered together, as for worship, instruction, or entertainment
A division of an order, made up of a group of monasteries
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
(US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
(Chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
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(Lower Southern US) A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
A meeting for consultation or discussion.
A formal general assembly of the princes or estates of the Holy Roman Empire.
A gathering together; an assembly.
The definition of a crowd is a large number of people or things gathered closely together.
(R.C.Ch.) The private meeting of the cardinals to elect a pope
A discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of truce or other matters.
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(--- Brit.) The administrative body of a county, town, city, district, etc.
The definition of a convention is a meeting or assembly of people who share a common interest or a convention is a method, practice, rule or custom.
The definition of a junction is a place where things join or cross.
A sharp increase in price or value after a decline.
Any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude
(UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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A set whose members belong to at least one of a group of two or more given sets. The union of the sets {1,2,3} and {3,4,5} is the set {1,2,3,4,5}, and the union of the sets {6,7} and {11,12,13} is the set {6,7,11,12,13}. The symbol for union is .
A person or group of people who are members of a larger body or organization and are appointed or elected by the body or organization to consider, investigate, or make recommendations concerning a particular subject or to carry out some other duty delegated to it by the body or organization on an ad hoc or permanent basis.
A body of persons given the responsibility and power to make laws for a country or state; specif., the lawmaking body of a U.S. state, corresponding to the U.S. Congress
The physical volume or bulk of a solid body.
A gathering of people, as for a meeting
A large open area or hall where crowds gather, as in a park or railroad station
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The act or process of interchanging.
The process or act of reuniting.
An association or society
gathering of the clans
A number of persons who have come or been gathered together
An assembly of 13 witches.
Multitude is defined as many.
A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.
Pucker is defined as to draw up into wrinkles or small folds.
To put, as in a warehouse, for safekeeping
(Poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
Plait is defined as to weave or braid.
To take for granted; suppose (something) to be a fact
To call is to make a sound intended to attract a person's attention, or is when an animal makes a special sound to attract other animals, or to use the telephone to contact someone.
An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit:
(Informal) A private, informal conference
The act of collocating or the state of being collocated.
Text giving further detail on a subject.
A confluence.
A group of persons assembled to hear and see a speaker, a play, a concert, etc.
Admission into service; service.
An organisation, company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]
A gathering or collection:
(Math.) Any of the various groupings, or subsets, into which a number, or set, of units may be arranged without regard to order: dual combinations of A, B, C, and D are AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD
A company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert
The actual group of potential jurors, see also venire.
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
A meeting, gathering, or assembling, as for a sporting event
The meeting place of such an assembly
A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.
In the Old West, a group assembled to hunt for criminal fugitives
The act of attending
The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward:
A large, moving crowd or throng; swarm
The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing:
A group sent out on a task or mission
A number of persons who have come or been gathered together
(Anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
An informal social gathering or meeting
A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
(Programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
(Astronomy) Any of numerous large-scale aggregates of stars, gas, and dust that constitute the universe, containing an average of 100 billion (1011 ) solar masses and ranging in diameter from 1,500 to 300,000 light-years.
A flock or herd being driven in a body.
The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
council meeting
A number of persons who have come or been gathered together
council of war
A number of persons who have come or been gathered together
gemote
A judicial assembly.
folkmoot
(Now historical) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
A confabulation; chat
The definition of accumulation is the gathering and growing together of a thing, or accumulation can describe the things which were gathered together.
A collection of things or parts massed together; heap; pile
The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
The definition of an abscess is a painful area in the body with inflamed tissue and pus.
An affair is defined as an event or something that is happening.
imposthume
(Obsolete) an abscess
(Biology) The processes by which gametes are formed, including the reduction of chromosomes in a germ cell from the diploid number to the haploid number by meiosis.
A summary, as of information, news, etc.
The definition of a trove is a collection of valuable things.
(Pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.
The act or an instance of gathering.
To gather into a group; collect
To accumulate (esp. wealth)
To accumulate; to amass.
To cut out a gain in.
To collect payments, contributions, etc.
To gather in; harvest:
To collect or gather
To gather (a crop, harvest, etc.) by cutting
To gather a crop.
To harvest:
To fill a place as a swarm.
An enclosed place or tract of land. The visible boundary around an enclosed place or tract of land, consisting of a fence, hedge, wall, or similar structure, or the invisible boundary around an unenclosed place or tract of land. The boundary is “broken” if anyone crosses the boundary without permission or an invitation from the land’s owner. See also breach. The legal interest of one who owns a particular piece of enclosed or unenclosed land. To consummate, conclude, or bring to an end, especially a discussion or negotiation. See also closing.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
(Intransitive) To form a cluster or group.
To come together from different directions; meet:
To belong to or form a group:
Huddle is defined as to crowd together, or to curl up closely.
To turn to or make use of a person, strategy, or course of action for help or as a means of achieving something:
Reunite is defined as to bring back together.
To connect or involve with a cause, group, or partner:
To bring together in common cause, interest, opinion, etc.; join, as in action, through fellowship, agreement, legal bonds, etc.
Muster is defined as to bring or gather something together.
To summon judicially to meet or appear.
To come together in a large group; throng
To come together for a common purpose, esp. to assist or support a cause, person, etc.
To take as meant or meaning; interpret
To have care or consideration:
To take as a choice from among several; pick out.
To take away the smoothness of; wrinkle; ripple
(Dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause;
To give an abrupt pull to; tug at:
To put into motion, circulation, or use
To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
To take up positions in a military formation.
Sir Thomas More
To suppose; guess; think
To hoard is defined as to collect or amass large amounts of goods and money which will typically then be stored away and kept in reserve.
To gather together or move as a herd, group, crowd, etc.
To collect or find out (facts, etc.) gradually or bit by bit
To flock means to group together.
To get (another's help, support, aid, etc.)
To select or take in from a given group, type, or region:
To derive is defined as to come from, be created from or be developed out of something else.
To infer by logical reasoning; reason out or conclude from known facts or general principles
To call together for a meeting; summon to assemble; convene
Contract is defined as to acquire something or to hire someone to do work.
To arrange or settle; come to an agreement about
Compress means to press together, or to make something more compact.
To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources:
The definition of coagulate means for a liquid to become a soft mass or a clot.
To aggregate is to add together.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
Judge is defined as to decide on or form an opinion about something.
To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.
To call forth; rouse
To collect into a hive.
To form or collect into a rounded mass.
To accumulate.
To obtain despite resistance:
The definition of company is a guest or a group of people associated with each other.
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
The supreme council of the ancient Roman state, originally only of patricians but later including the plebeians
A large number of insects or other small organisms, especially when in motion.
The definition of a flock is a group of certain animals like birds, goats and sheep that eat, live and move as a group.
The definition of levy is a required or collected fee or tax.
Mobilization is the process of making something capable of movement, or to have people and resources ready to move or act.
The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
(Archaic) A group of people; company; band
A flock
A medieval English assembly of freemen to administer justice, decide community problems, etc.
witenagemot
Antonyms for Gathering
(Computing) The code generated by a disassembler.
To distribute over a surface in a layer:
To disperse is defined as to break up and spread in many directions.
To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
To establish; found:
To be capable of growth; thrive:
(Informal) To cope:
To distribute by lot or in arbitrary shares; apportion
To divide and dispense in portions.
To separate into parts; split up; sever
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
To fail to understand correctly; misinterpret
Words Related to Gathering
The act or fact of coming together
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
The definition of choose means to pick from a number of options.
To think coherently and logically; draw inferences or conclusions from facts known or assumed
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