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verb
To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
collect in one place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: meet, gather, assemble, foregather
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interact
Narrower terms: group, aggroup, meet, congregate, hive, fort, fort up, convene, cluster, constellate, flock, clump, crowd, crowd together, converge, turn out, caucus, club
History
From Scots forgather, foregather (“to gather up, assemble”), equivalent to for- + gather. Cognate with Dutch vergaderen (“to assemble”), German vergattern (“to assemble; to assign duty”).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
