gathering C1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ UK /ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #4987 Meanings 1 noun A meeting of people, often for a social or special occasion. I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists. 2 noun The act of collecting things together. The gathering of the harvest takes several weeks. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a meeting of people, often... assemblyassemblage 2 noun · the act of collecting... gather Word family Forms gatherings Derived forms evidence-gatheringintelligence-gatheringnewsgatheringtaxgatheringwoolgathering Common collocations social gathering Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending). gadering Middle English gaderung Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gathering **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 4987 ## Meanings 1. A meeting of people, often for a social or special occasion. 2. The act of collecting things together. ## Examples - I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists. - The gathering of the harvest takes several weeks. ## Derived Forms - evidence-gathering - intelligence-gathering - newsgathering - taxgathering - woolgathering ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gadering - Root: gaderung ## Etymology From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending). ## AI Etymology Gathering comes from Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather + -ing (verbal noun ending). The historical chain includes gadering (Middle English) and gaderung (Old English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as evidence-gathering, intelligence-gathering, newsgathering, and taxgathering. In present use it covers a meeting of people, often for a social or special occasion and the act of collecting things together. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown