Meaning of gathering | Babel Free

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1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
2. A group of people or things.
3. a fold in material, a piece of clothing etc. plooie طَيَّة الثَّوْب набор на плат prega zřasení die Falte rynke σούραfrunce, fruncido krooge چین poimu fronceקפל कपड़े की तह nabor redő lipatan rykking crespa ひだ 주름 rauktė, klostė (tērpa) krokas kedut lepas plooirynking, rynkerfałda چين prega pliseu сборка; складка záhyby guba nabor rynka, veck พับจีบ plise, büzgü (布料、衣服的)褶子 зборки, складки لباس کی پلیٹ nếp gấp ở quần áo 皱褶
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4. A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
5. a meeting of people. a family gathering. byeenkoms تَجَمُّع، إلتِقاء събрание reunião shromáždění die Versammlung samling; forsamling συγκέντρωση, σύναξη reunión koosviibimine, kogunemine گردهمایی kokous réunionכנס भीड़ okupljanje, skup összejövetel pertemuan samkoma raduno 集まり 모임 suėjimas, susibūrimas sanāksme; sapulce perjumpaan bijeenkomst samling, selskap, sammenkomstzgromadzenie ټولونه، غونډونه: غونډه، ټولنه reunião reuniune собрание; встреча zhromaždenie srečanje okupljanje sammankomst,...
6. A charitable contribution; a collection.
7. to come together around a person, thing etc. Will everyone please gather round? nader staan يَتَجَمَّع حَوْل събирам се около juntar-se shromáždit se kolem sich versammeln um samles om συγκεντρώνομαι γύρω από κπ. ή κτ. reunirse en torno (a) (kellegi, millegi) ümber kogunema دور چیزی جمع شدن kokoontua se rassembler autour (de) לְהִתאַסֵף सभा, जमाव okružiti vki, vmi köré gyűlik berkumpul safnast í kringum raccogliersi intorno まわりに集まる 돕기 위해 모이다 susirinkti aplink sapulcēties (ap kādu/kaut ko) ber...
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8. The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
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9. to come or bring together, in a group. He gathered his books and papers together. bymekaar vat يُجَمِّع събирам reunir sebrat zusammensammeln samle sammen μαζεύω σε σωρό reunir, juntar kokku korjama, kogunema کنار هم جمع کردن kerätä yhteen rassembler לֶאֱסוֹף साथ-साथ एकत्र करना prikupiti összegyűjt; összegyűlik mengumpulkan safna(st) saman radunare まとめる 함께 모이다 su(si)rinkti savākt kopā mengumpulkan bijeenkomen, bijeenzoeken samle sammen/opp zebrać ټولول، غونډول، يو ځاى كول، نتيجه اخيستل: غونډې...
10. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
11. The action of one that gathers.
12. An assembly of persons; a meeting.
13. The collecting of food that grows wild, such as berries, roots, and grains.
14. A gather in cloth.
15. A suppurated swelling; a boil or abscess.
16. a group of people, things, etc, that are gathered together; assembly

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Examples

“I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.”

“a gathering of Catholics”

“This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.”

“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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