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Meanings of gathering in English

Portuguese
reunião
Catalan
recollida
Wikidata

The act of gathering something.

reunião
Wikidata

Any of various knitting techniques for drawing stitches closer together.

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Examples for "gather"
Examples for "gather"
1
Families gather at the ship's home base, anxiously hoping for good news.
The Irish Times
2
Negotiating takes time and you need to think, gather information and strategise.
The Irish Times
3
Others are trying to gather new information to better measure underlying behaviour.
Reuters
4
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fans gather to watch 'dour German second division football'.
The Guardian
5
Each year they gather in the vast library of the family home.
The Irish Times
Portuguese
assembléia
Catalan
assemblea
Spanish
asamblea

The social act of assembling.

assembléia
Russian
собирательство
Spanish
recolección

Collecting wild food resources.

собирательство
Usage of gathering in English
1
The inquiry has been gathering evidence for a year, the paper said.
Reuters
2
UN weapons inspectors have left Syria after gathering evidence for four days.
BBC
3
They then started the process of gathering information for a new challenge.
The South African
4
The area is the largest gathering place for migrating cranes in Europe.
The Irish Times
5
Outside, several hundred mainly young people had been gathering since late afternoon.
The Guardian
6
However, many described the information gathering process as frustrating and anxiety provoking.
Pubmed
7
The fact remained, however, that the larger gathering was far from finished.
English passengers
8
Claire's idleness is good for at least one thing, though: gathering information.
Wired
9
The gathering happens this year against a surprisingly strong global economic backdrop.
The Irish Times
10
In response, Hudak said the letters are an attempt at gathering information.
Reuters
11
Which of course, befits a gathering calling itself an extraordinary general court.
The Irish Times
12
They promised spontaneous gathering on social media with adequate social distancing possible.
The Irish Times
13
Well summer in the UK, especially London, means the gathering has begun.
The South African
14
Beijing's latest easing comes ahead of a key party gathering this month.
Reuters
15
Police also arrested 15 metered taxi drivers for forming an illegal gathering.
The South African
16
The gathering brings together state Republican Party officials from across the country.
Reuters
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Gathering through the time
Gathering across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
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