SOCIAL GATHERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social gathering mean? 

• SOCIAL GATHERING (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL GATHERING has 1 sense:

1. a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL GATHERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL GATHERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

social affair; social gathering

Hypernyms ("social gathering" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social gathering"):

bee (a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions)

love feast (a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants)

company (a social gathering of guests or companions)

function (a formal or official social gathering or ceremony)

party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)

supper (a social gathering where a light evening meal is served)

get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)

 Context examples 

If you are single, be optimistic, for with your sunny outlook, you could easily meet someone new at a party or other social gathering.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)