Gathered Meaning and Definition

Word: Gathered

How to pronounce: ˈɡæðəd

How to pronounce: ˈgæðə

Verb

Definitions:

1. Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Example sentences: "As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came"

2. Bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.

Example sentences: "Information that we have gathered about people"

3. Increase in (speed, force, etc.)

Example sentences: "The destroyer gathered speed"

4. Infer; understand.

Example sentences: "I gathered that they were old friends"

5. Summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose.

Example sentences: "She lay gathering her thoughts together"

6. Draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it.

Example sentences: "The front is gathered at the waist"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A part of a garment that is gathered.

Example sentences: "This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combination of the above."

Synonyms:

collected

Synonyms:

muster

intend

collect

assemble

compile

forgather

muster up

gather together

meet

concentrate

glean

accumulate

be about

build

amass

gain

reap

pull together

conclude

converge

decide

cumulate

convene

summon

raise

pick

grow

pick up

get up

harvest

garner

cluster

collecting

rendezvous

understand

derive

deduce

run together

stack

pile

judge

Antonyms:

spend

disperse

consume

disassemble

Derivations:

gather

gathering

gatherer

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Gathered in Other Languages...

Spanish: Reunir

German: Sammeln

French: Rassembler

Italian: Raccogliere

Turkish: Toplanan