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    FORGATHER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    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 placeplay

    Example:

    Let's gather in the dining room

    Synonyms:

    assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    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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