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discussion
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
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  1. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
  2. The act of discussing; talk or writing in which the pros and cons or various aspects of a subject are considered
  3. Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
assembly
(Computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
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  1. (Computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
  2. The act of putting together such set of pieces.
  3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
meeting
A series of horse or dog races held during a period of days at a certain track
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  1. A series of horse or dog races held during a period of days at a certain track
  2. An encounter between people, even accidental.
  3. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
conclave
A secret or confidential meeting.
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  1. A secret or confidential meeting.
  2. Any private or secret meeting
  3. A meeting of family members or associates.
caucus
The group attending such a meeting
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  1. The group attending such a meeting
  2. A group within a legislative or decision-making body seeking to represent a specific interest or influence a particular area of policy:
  3. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
parley
A discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of truce or other matters.
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  1. A discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of truce or other matters.
  2. A talk or conference for the purpose of discussing a specific matter or of settling a dispute, as a military conference with an enemy, under a truce, for discussing terms
council
An organization or society, or one of its levels of governing bodies
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  1. An organization or society, or one of its levels of governing bodies
  2. An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion.
  3. A body of delegates from local units of a union, confederation, etc.
conference
A meeting of committees from both branches of a legislature to reconcile the differences between bills passed by both branches
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  1. A meeting of committees from both branches of a legislature to reconcile the differences between bills passed by both branches
  2. A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
  3. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
convention
A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
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  1. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
  2. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
  3. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
band
Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.
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  1. Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.
  2. (--- Anthropology) A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.
  3. (--- Canadian) An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government.
congregation
The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
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  1. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
  2. (Bible) The whole body or assembly of Israelites
  3. A division of an order, made up of a group of monasteries
junction
A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially:
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  1. A transition layer or boundary between two different materials or between physically different regions in a single material, especially:
  2. A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
  3. The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
company
A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
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  1. A subdivision of a military regiment or battalion that constitutes the lowest administrative unit. It is usually under the command of a captain and is made up of at least two platoons.
  2. The state of friendly companionship; fellowship:
  3. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise.
rally
A competition in which automobiles are driven over public roads and under normal traffic regulations but with specified rules as to speed, time, and route.
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  1. A competition in which automobiles are driven over public roads and under normal traffic regulations but with specified rules as to speed, time, and route.
  2. An organized automobile run, esp. of sports cars on public roads, designed to test driving skills
  3. A gathering, especially one intended to inspire enthusiasm for a cause:
crowd
A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
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  1. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
  2. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
  3. A group of people attending a public function; an audience:
throng
A crowding together of people; crowded condition
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  1. A crowding together of people; crowded condition
  2. A large group of things; a host.
  3. Any great number of things massed or considered together; multitude
bunch
(Informal) A considerable number or amount; a lot:
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  1. (Informal) A considerable number or amount; a lot:
  2. (Informal) A group of people usually having a common interest or association:
  3. A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump:
collection
The act or process of collecting.
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  1. The act or process of collecting.
  2. A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer:
  3. A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together.
union
In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
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  1. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
  2. The 0-10-2 train configuration. Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
  3. 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 .
association
An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
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  1. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
  2. A group of individuals meeting or associated for fellowship or a common purpose. See also freedom of association. A group of individuals meeting or associated for fellowship or a common purpose. See also freedom of association.
  3. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
society
A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
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  1. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
  2. The system or condition of living together as a community in such a group
  3. A group of persons regarded or regarding itself as a dominant class, usually because of wealth, birth, education, etc.
committee
A group of people organized to support some cause
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  1. A group of people organized to support some cause
  2. The guardian of a civilly committed person or the individual into whose care an incompetent person has been placed. See also conservator.
  3. 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.
legislature
(Canada) A legislative building.
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  1. (Canada) A legislative building.
  2. 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
house
A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public:
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  1. A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public:
  2. A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit:
  3. A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family:
senate
An assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government, specifically:
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  1. An assembly or a council of citizens having the highest deliberative and legislative functions in a government, specifically:
  2. A governing, advisory, or disciplinary body of some colleges and universities composed of faculty members and sometimes student representatives.
  3. The upper house of the US Congress, to which two members are elected from each state by popular vote for a six-year term.
parliament
The national legislative body of Great Britain, composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
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  1. The national legislative body of Great Britain, composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
  2. An official or formal conference or council, usually concerned with government or public affairs
  3. A representative body having supreme legislative powers within a state or multinational organization.
diet
Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly:
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  1. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly:
  2. What a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
  3. A national or local legislative assembly in certain countries, such as Japan.
swarm
Any large number of social insects moving in a group
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  1. Any large number of social insects moving in a group
  2. A number of similar geologic phenomena or features occurring closely within a given period or place:
  3. A large number of bees, led by a queen, leaving one hive for another to start a new colony
huddle
A confused crowd or heap of persons or things
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  1. A confused crowd or heap of persons or things
  2. A small private conference or meeting.
  3. (Football) A grouping of a team behind the line of scrimmage to receive signals before a play
group
A collection of objects or figures forming a design or part of a design, as in a work of art
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  1. A collection of objects or figures forming a design or part of a design, as in a work of art
  2. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
  3. (Mathematics) A set with an operation whose domain is all ordered pairs of members of the set, such that the operation is binary (operates on two elements) and associative, the set contains the identity element of the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element for the operation. The positive and negative integers and zero form a set that is a group under the operation of ordinary addition, since zero is the identity element of addition and the negative of each integer is its inverse. Groups are used extensively in quantum physics and chemistry to model phenomena involving symmetry and invariance.
body
The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
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  1. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
  2. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
  3. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group:
mass
A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
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  1. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
  2. (Physics) The quantity of matter in a body as measured by its inertia; the ratio of force to the acceleration produced by that force: the gravitational force on an object is proportional to its mass
  3. A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia , and is essential to Newton's laws of motion . Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity . In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used.
aggregation
An aggregating or being aggregated
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  1. An aggregating or being aggregated
  2. A group or mass of distinct things or individuals
herd
A large number of people; a crowd:
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  1. A large number of people; a crowd:
  2. Any large group suggestive of this; crowd; company
  3. A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
turnout
(US) a place to pull off a road
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  1. (US) a place to pull off a road
  2. An outfit or array of equipment, especially that worn by a fire fighter.
  3. A wider part of a narrow road, enabling vehicles to pass one another
forgathering
A gathering together; an assembly.
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  1. A gathering together; an assembly.
flock
Tiny, fine fibers of wool, rayon, etc. applied to a fabric, wallpaper, or the like to form a velvetlike pattern
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  1. Tiny, fine fibers of wool, rayon, etc. applied to a fabric, wallpaper, or the like to form a velvetlike pattern
  2. A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together.
  3. Any group, esp. a large one, as the members of a church or the children in a family
muster
A gathering or collection:
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  1. A gathering or collection:
  2. The roll, or list, of persons in a military or naval unit
  3. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
levy
The enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military service
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  1. The enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military service
  2. (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
  3. A group so enlisted
combination
(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
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  1. (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
  2. (Mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  3. An alliance of persons or parties for a common purpose; an association.
caravan
A number of vehicles traveling together
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  1. A number of vehicles traveling together
  2. A single file of vehicles or pack animals.
  3. A company of travelers, esp. of merchants or pilgrims traveling together for safety, as through a desert
mobilization
(Geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
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  1. (Geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
  2. (Genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another
  3. The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.
collocation
A collocating or being collocated; specif., an arrangement, as of words in a sentence
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  1. A collocating or being collocated; specif., an arrangement, as of words in a sentence
  2. The act of collocating or the state of being collocated.
  3. An arrangement or juxtaposition of words or other elements, especially those that commonly co-occur, as rancid butter, bosom buddy, or dead serious.
assemblage
A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
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  1. A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
  2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
  3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
panel
Any of the sections of the body of an automotive vehicle, typically metal or fiberglass
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  1. Any of the sections of the body of an automotive vehicle, typically metal or fiberglass
  2. A group of persons selected for a specific purpose, as judging a contest, discussing an issue publicly, participating on a radio or TV quiz show, etc.
  3. A group of judges selected from a larger group to hear a case.
forum
The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
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  1. The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
  2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.
  3. An assembly, place, radio program, Internet site, etc. for the discussion of public matters or current questions
concourse
A crowd; throng; gathering
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  1. A crowd; throng; gathering
  2. A large open area or hall where crowds gather, as in a park or railroad station
  3. The act of coming, moving, or flowing together.
interchange
The act or process of interchanging.
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  1. The act or process of interchanging.
  2. (Rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
  3. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
reunion
The state of being reunited.
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  1. The state of being reunited.
  2. A gathering of the members of a group who have been separated:
  3. A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.
meet
The people who so meet or the place of meeting
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  1. The people who so meet or the place of meeting
  2. A meeting, gathering, or assembling, as for a sporting event
  3. A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.
congress
The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
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  1. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
  2. A formal assembly, conference, or meeting of delegates or representatives. A formal assembly, conference, or meeting of delegates or representatives. To meet at a congress. The legislature of various countries.
  3. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
conflux
Confluence
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  1. Confluence
  2. A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
  3. A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
coven
An assembly of 13 witches.
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  1. An assembly of 13 witches.
  2. A gathering or meeting, esp. of witches
eisteddfod
An annual competitive festival of Welsh poets and musicians.
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  1. An annual competitive festival of Welsh poets and musicians.
  2. A yearly meeting in Wales of poets, musicians, etc., at which prizes are given for compositions and performances: 19th-cent. revival of an old Welsh custom
synod
A high governing body in certain Christian churches
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  1. A high governing body in certain Christian churches
  2. A national or district organization of Lutheran or certain other Protestant churches
  3. A Presbyterian governing body ranking between the general assembly and presbytery
reception
Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.
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  1. Conversion of transmitted electromagnetic signals into perceptible forms, such as sound or light, by means of antennas and electronic equipment.
  2. A social function, especially one intended to provide a welcome or greeting:
  3. The act or process of receiving or of being received.
conventicle
The place where such a meeting is held.
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  1. The place where such a meeting is held.
  2. A religious assembly held illegally and secretly by certain Protestant sects that disputed the authority of the Church of England in the 16th and 17th cent.
  3. A religious meeting, especially a secret or illegal one, such as those held by Dissenters in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
vestry
A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.
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  1. A business meeting of parishioners in a parish.
  2. A room in a church used for meetings and classes.
  3. (Anglican Ch.) A meeting of such a group or of the parishioners in general
posse
(Slang) A gang, esp. one engaged in selling drugs
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  1. (Slang) A gang, esp. one engaged in selling drugs
  2. (Historical) A body of men summoned to assist the sheriff in keeping the peace, pursuing felons, etc.
  3. A group of civilians called upon by a sheriff or other law enforcement official to assist temporarily in preserving the peace or pursuing and arresting a fugitive.
attendance
The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
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  1. The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
  2. The count or list of individuals present for an event.
  3. ​ The state of attending; presence.
multitude
The masses; the populace:
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  1. The masses; the populace:
  2. The quality or state of being numerous, or many
  3. A large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; host, myriad, etc.
ingathering
The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
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  1. The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest
audience
A group of persons assembled to hear and see a speaker, a play, a concert, etc.
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  1. A group of persons assembled to hear and see a speaker, a play, a concert, etc.
  2. A formal hearing, as with a religious or state dignitary.
  3. A group of viewers or listeners of a work of art or entertainment, especially those present at a performance.
press
The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media:
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  1. The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media:
  2. (Basketball) An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.
  3. The communications media considered as a whole, especially the agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast news and other information to the public:
rout
A disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops
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  1. A disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops
  2. A band of followers; retinue
  3. (Archaic) A group of people; company; band
horde
A nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols
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  1. A nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols
  2. A large group or crowd; a swarm:
  3. Any wandering tribe or group
mob
The mass of common people; the populace.
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  1. The mass of common people; the populace.
  2. Organized crime, specif. the
  3. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of things:
queue
A stored arrangement of computer data or programs, waiting to be processed
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  1. A stored arrangement of computer data or programs, waiting to be processed
  2. (Brit.) A line or file of persons, vehicles, etc. waiting as to be served
  3. A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
crush
One who is the object of such an infatuation.
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  1. One who is the object of such an infatuation.
  2. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink:
  3. (Informal) A usually temporary infatuation:
party
An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.
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  1. An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.
  2. A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or accessory:
  3. A group of people working together to establish or promote particular theories or principles of government which they hold in common; esp., an organized political group which seeks to elect its candidates to office and thus to direct government policies
entertainment
Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
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  1. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
  2. A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
  3. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
function
An official ceremony or a formal social occasion:
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  1. An official ceremony or a formal social occasion:
  2. A quantity whose value depends on the value given to one or more related quantities. For example, the area of a square is a function of the length of its sides.
  3. A special duty or performance required in the course of work or activity
get-together
An informal social gathering or meeting
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  1. An informal social gathering or meeting
  2. A meeting.
  3. (Informal) A meeting or gathering; a party or social function.
crew
On a small sailboat, the person or persons who assist the helmsman, as by handling the sails
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  1. On a small sailboat, the person or persons who assist the helmsman, as by handling the sails
  2. All of a ship's personnel, usually excepting the officers
  3. A group of people working together, usually under the direction of a foreman or leader
gang
A set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together
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  1. A set of like tools, machines, components, etc., designed or arranged to work together
  2. (Informal) A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis:
  3. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
school
The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
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  1. The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
  2. The student body of an educational institution.
  3. A group of people, especially philosophers, artists, or writers, whose thought, work, or style demonstrates a common origin or influence or unifying belief:
array
(Computers) A group of memory elements accessed by one or more indices.
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  1. (Computers) A group of memory elements accessed by one or more indices.
  2. Troops in order; military force
  3. (Comput.) A group of two or more logically related elements, identified by a single name and usually stored in consecutive storage locations in main memory
galaxy
A large, independent system of stars, typically containing millions to hundreds of billions of stars: the four classes of galaxies are spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, or irregular, depending on their shape
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  1. A large, independent system of stars, typically containing millions to hundreds of billions of stars: the four classes of galaxies are spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, or irregular, depending on their shape
  2. Any of numerous large-scale collections of stars, gas, and dust that make up the visible universe. Galaxies are held together by the gravitational attraction of the material contained within them, and most are organized around a galactic nucleus into elliptical or spiral shapes, with a small percentage of galaxies classed as irregular in shape. A galaxy may range in diameter from some hundreds of light-years for the smallest dwarfs to hundreds of thousands of light-years for the largest ellipticals, and may contain from a few million to several trillion stars. Many galaxies are grouped into clusters, with the clusters themselves often grouped into larger superclusters.
  3. An assembly of brilliant, glamorous, or distinguished persons or things:
bevy
A large group or collection.
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  1. A large group or collection.
  2. A group, esp. of girls or women
  3. A group of birds, especially quail.
troop
A body of soldiers
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  1. A body of soldiers
  2. A group of soldiers.
  3. A group of persons, animals, or, formerly, things; herd, flock, band, etc.
drove
A crowd or body of people, esp. when moving or acting together
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  1. A crowd or body of people, esp. when moving or acting together
  2. A flock or herd being driven in a body.
  3. A number of cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. driven or moving along as a group; flock; herd
concentration
The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
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  1. The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  2. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  3. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
convocation
A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
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  1. A clerical assembly of the Anglican Church similar to a synod but assembling only when called.
  2. A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
  3. A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly
gemote
A public meeting.
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  1. A public meeting.
  2. A judicial assembly.
  3. An assembly, council.
folkmoot
(Now historical) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
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  1. (Now historical) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
moot
An ancient English meeting, especially a representative meeting of the freemen of a shire.
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  1. An ancient English meeting, especially a representative meeting of the freemen of a shire.
  2. A medieval English assembly of freemen to administer justice, decide community problems, etc.
  3. (Law) The discussion or argument of a hypothetical case by law students as an exercise.
witenagemot
Any assembly, parliament or discursive gathering.
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  1. Any assembly, parliament or discursive gathering.
  2. An Anglo-Saxon advisory council to the king, composed of about 100 nobles, prelates, and other officials, convened at intervals to discuss administrative and judicial affairs.
  3. (History) The assembly of the Anglo-Saxon national council.
confab
A confabulation; chat
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  1. A confabulation; chat
  2. A casual talk or chat.
  3. A discussion, conference meeting, etc.
bull-session
(Informal) An informal discussion or conversation among a small group
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  1. (Informal) An informal discussion or conversation among a small group
  2. (Idiomatic) An informal meeting among men, often one where politics, economics or current events are discussed.
  3. An informal group discussion.
accumulation
Accumulated or collected material; heap
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  1. Accumulated or collected material; heap
  2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
  3. An accumulating or being accumulated; collection
aggregation
An aggregating or being aggregated
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  1. An aggregating or being aggregated
  2. A group or mass of distinct things or individuals
assemblage
A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
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  1. A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
  2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
  3. A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.
collection
A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer:
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  1. A line of products produced for one season, as those developed by a designer:
  2. A mass or pile; accumulation
  3. An accumulation; a deposit:
congeries
A collection of things or parts massed together; heap; pile
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  1. A collection of things or parts massed together; heap; pile
  2. A collection; an aggregation:
cumulation
Accumulation.
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  1. Accumulation.
  2. The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
mass
A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia , and is essential to Newton's laws of motion . Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity . In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used.
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  1. A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia , and is essential to Newton's laws of motion . Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity . In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used.
  2. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
  3. A lump or aggregate of coherent material:
assemblage
A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
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  1. A collection of artifacts from a single datable component of an archaeological site. Depending on the site and culture, an assemblage may be associated with a single limited activity, as with stone tools found at a butchering site, or may reflect a broad range of cultural life, as with artifacts that are found in a communal living site.
  2. A form of art involving the assembly and arrangement of unrelated objects, parts, and materials in a kind of sculptured collage
  3. A group of persons or things gathered together; assembly
assembly
A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
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  1. A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
  2. The act of putting together such set of pieces.
  3. A legislative body
body
The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
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  1. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
  2. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
  3. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group:
company
(Mil.) A body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters
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  1. (Mil.) A body of troops; specif., the lowest administrative unit, as of infantry, normally composed of two or more platoons and a headquarters
  2. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise. A group of individuals, such as an association, corporation, partnership, or union, associated for the purpose of carrying out, maintaining, or performing a commercial or industrial enterprise.
  3. A group of persons:
conclave
Any private or secret meeting
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  1. Any private or secret meeting
  2. A secret or confidential meeting.
  3. A meeting of family members or associates.
conference
A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
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  1. A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
  2. A national or district governing body of the Methodist Church
  3. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
congregation
(R.C.Ch.) Any of certain religious communities following a common rule
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  1. (R.C.Ch.) Any of certain religious communities following a common rule
  2. A division of an order, made up of a group of monasteries
  3. (Bible) The whole body or assembly of Israelites
congress
A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
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  1. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
  2. The body of Senators and Representatives during any of the two-year terms of Representatives
  3. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
convention
An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
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  1. An assembly, often periodical, of members or delegates, as of a political, social, professional, or religious group
  2. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom:
  3. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
convocation
The district represented at such an assembly.
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  1. The district represented at such an assembly.
  2. A group of people convoked, especially the members of a college or university community who are assembled for a ceremony.
  3. A group that has been convoked; esp., an ecclesiastical or academic assembly
crowd
A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
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  1. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:
  2. A group of people attending a public function; an audience:
  3. A large number of things positioned or considered together.
group
(Chemistry) Two or more atoms that are bound together and act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds, such as a hydroxyl (OH) group.
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  1. (Chemistry) Two or more atoms that are bound together and act as a unit in a number of chemical compounds, such as a hydroxyl (OH) group.
  2. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
  3. A number of individuals or things considered or classed together because of similarities:
meeting
An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
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  1. An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
  2. An encounter between people, even accidental.
  3. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
muster
The persons or things assembled; assemblage
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  1. The persons or things assembled; assemblage
  2. A gathering or collection:
  3. A gathering, especially of troops, for service, inspection, review, or roll call.
troop
An armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
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  1. An armored cavalry unit that corresponds to a company of infantry
  2. A group of soldiers.
  3. A body of soldiers
get-together
An informal social gathering or meeting
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  1. An informal social gathering or meeting
  2. (Informal) A meeting or gathering; a party or social function.
  3. A meeting.
concourse
A broad thoroughfare.
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  1. A broad thoroughfare.
  2. A large open area or hall where crowds gather, as in a park or railroad station
  3. The act of coming, moving, or flowing together.
confluence
The point of juncture of such streams or glaciers.
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  1. The point of juncture of such streams or glaciers.
  2. The combined stream or glacier formed by this juncture.
  3. A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point:
convergence
The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
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  1. The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
  2. (Mathematics) The property or manner of approaching a limit, such as a point, line, function, or value.
  3. The point of converging; a meeting place:
junction
The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
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  1. The act or process of joining or the condition of being joined.
  2. A connection between conductors or sections of a transmission line.
  3. A place where two things join or meet, especially a place where two roads or railway routes come together and one terminates.
meeting
The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
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  1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
  2. A point of contact; junction
  3. A place or instance of junction or intersection.
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  • Lisa was silent a moment, gathering courage.

  • Josh was certain it was a pack, not simply a gathering of neighbor dogs.

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  • When he entered the living room where the women were gathering, his gaze immediately found Carmen.

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