gathering
English
/ˈɡæ.ðə.ɹɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- A group of people or things.
- (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
- (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gadering inherited from Old English gaderung (assembly, gathering) affix from English gather.
Origin
English
gather
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begather English
- forgather English
- gather English
- gatherable English
- gatherer English
- gatherest English
- gathereth English
- ingather English
- news English
- newsgathering English
- omnium-gatherum English
- regather English
- tax English
- taxgathering English
- together English
- upgather English
- wool English
- woolgathering English
- gaderian Old English
- gaderung Old English
- gegaderung Old English
- gaderen Middle English
- gadering Middle English