gathering

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a group of persons together in one place
  2. noun the social act of assembling
  3. noun the act of gathering something

Etymology

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending).

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Synonyms

assemblage

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