gathering
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(noun) a group of persons together in one place |
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Synonyms: assemblage |
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Related Words: assembly, audience, bevy, body, building, bunch, camp, carload, cast, cast of characters, class, commune, community, concourse, contingent, convocation, cortege, covey, crew, crowd, dramatis personae, eightsome, entourage, fair, fivesome, floor, form, foursome, gang, grade, 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, social group, suite, table, threesome, throng, triad, trinity, trio, turnout, year |
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(noun) the act of gathering something |
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Synonyms: gather |
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Related Words: assembling, collecting, collection, harvest, harvest home, harvesting |
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(satellite adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the gathering darkness"; "the thickening dusk" |
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Synonyms: deepening, thickening |
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(noun) 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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Related Words: sewing, stitchery |
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(noun) the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
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Synonyms: assemblage, assembly |
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Related Words: calling together, coming together, concentration, congregating, congregation, convening, convention, convocation, group action, marshaling, meeting, mobilisation, mobilization |
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