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FORGATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forgather mean? 

FORGATHER (verb)
  The verb FORGATHER has 1 sense:

1. collect in one placeplay

  Familiarity information: FORGATHER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORGATHER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they forgather  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it forgathers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: forgathered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: forgathered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: forgathering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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