English noun: gathering |
| 1. | gathering (group) a group of persons together in one place |
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| Synonyms | assemblage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social group |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assembly, audience, bevy, building, bunch, camp, carload, cast, cast of characters, class, class, commune, community, concourse, contingent, convocation, cortege, course, covey, crew, crowd, crowd, dramatis personae, eightsome, entourage, fair, fivesome, floor, form, foursome, gang, grade, group meeting, mass meeting, meeting, multitude, municipality, muster, octet, octette, pair, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, quorum, rally, rap group, rave-up, retinue, room, septet, septette, sevensome, sextet, sextette, sixsome, social affair, social gathering, suite, table, threesome, throng, triad, trinity, trio, turnout, wine tasting, year |
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| 2. | gathering (act) the social act of assembling |
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| Samples | They demanded the right of assembly.
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| Synonyms | assemblage, assembly |
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| Broader (hypernym) | group action |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | calling together, coming together, concentration, congregating, congregation, convening, convention, convocation, meeting, mobilisation, mobilization |
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| Antonyms | disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling |
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| 3. | gathering (act) the act of gathering something |
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| Synonyms | gather |
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| Broader (hypernym) | aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | centralisation, centralization, harvest, harvest home, harvesting |
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| 4. | gathering (artifact) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching |
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| Synonyms | gather |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sewing, stitchery |
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