- gathering
- noun Date: before 12th century 1. assembly, meeting 2. a suppurating swelling ; abscess 3. the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild 4. collection, compilation 5. a gather in cloth
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Gathering — Gath er*ing, a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. [1913 Webster] {Gathering board} (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. {Gathering coal}, a lighted coal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gathering — Gathering, früher bekannt unter Gathering of Developers bzw. der Kurzform GodGames, war eine Tochtergesellschaft von Take 2 Interactive mit Sitz in New York, USA. Gathering wurde zum Jahreswechsel 1997/98 von Mike Wilson und Harry Miller mit dem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gathering — of Developers Ancien logo de l éditeur Dates clés janvier 1998 : création mai 2000: rachat par Take Two Interactive septembre 2004: Take Two n uti … Wikipédia en Français
gathering — UK US /ˈgæðərɪŋ/ noun [C] MEETINGS ► a meeting in which many people come together as a group: »There will be a gathering of world leaders in Canada next month … Financial and business terms
Gathering — Gath er*ing, n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c) A tumor or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gathering — Gathering. См. Собирание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
gathering — I noun accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assembly, caucus, chamber, collection, company, compilation, concentration, conclave, conference, confluence, conflux, congregation, convention, convergence, convocation,… … Law dictionary
gathering — a meeting, mid 12c., from late O.E. gaderung, prp. of GATHER (Cf. gather) … Etymology dictionary
gathering — collection, assemblage, assembly, congregation (see under GATHER vb) Analogous words: *crowd, throng, press, horde, mob, rout, crush: accumulation (see corresponding verb ACCUMULATE) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
gathering — [n] assemblage, accumulation acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, clambake*, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation,… … New thesaurus
gathering — ► NOUN ▪ an assembly of people … English terms dictionary
