What does "gathering" mean?

A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

What is a synonym for "gathering"?

Common synonyms include: assemblage, assembly, abscess, accumulation, acervation, affair.

Pronounced //ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ//.

//ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Noun

1
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
"I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists."
2
the act of gathering something wordnet
3
A group of people or things.
"a gathering of Catholics"
4
the social act of assembling wordnet
5
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."

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6
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching wordnet
7
A charitable contribution; a collection.
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a group of persons together in one place wordnet
9
The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature. uncountable
"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."
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A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.