gathering
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
Noun 4 meanings
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
“The dinner was a star-spangled gathering unequaled in history.”
A group of people or things.
“a gathering of Catholics”
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.”
A charitable contribution; a collection.
Adjective 1 meaning
That gathers together.
“She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.”
Etymology
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).
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GATHERING at a glance
GATHERING has 9 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,589 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gathering
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- FATHERING16
- LATHERING13
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