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FORGATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forgather mean?
• FORGATHER (verb)
The verb FORGATHER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FORGATHER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: forgathered
Past participle: forgathered
-ing form: forgathering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collect in one place
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet
Context example:
Let's gather in the dining room
Hypernyms (to "forgather" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Verb group:
come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see (come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forgather"):
aggroup; group (form a group or group together)
meet (meet by design; be present at the arrival of)
congregate (come together, usually for a purpose)
hive (move together in a hive or as if in a hive)
fort; fort up (gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense)
convene (meet formally)
clump; cluster; constellate; flock (come together as in a cluster or flock)
crowd; crowd together (to gather together in large numbers)
converge (move or draw together at a certain location)
turn out (come and gather for a public event)
caucus (meet to select a candidate or promote a policy)
club (gather and spend time together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The crowds forgather in the streets
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