gathering
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gath·er·ing /ˈɡæðərɪŋ/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 MEETa meeting of a group of people 聚集；聚会；集会 a select gathering of 20 or 30 people 二三十名特邀人士的聚会2. intelligence/information etc gathering the process of collecting information from many different places 情报/信息等的搜集3. DCCa fold or group of folds in cloth 褶裥
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gathering• So any gathering may seem suspicious to the police.• They announced their engagement at a family gathering in Vermont.• Meanwhile I was to be foisted on my reluctant Aunt Harriet, whom I had only previously met at family gatherings.• He wanted to set up seventy-five gatherings a year!• The Museum hosted a large gathering of people associated with 627.• a large gathering of war veterans• It was quite a small gathering but the speeches were excellent.• Soon afterwards, the gathering broke up and the guests took their leave.• And villagers walking past gave the gathering a wide berth, and spat in disgust with disparaging comments.• There was one last entity present at this gathering, but he was of ethereal stock and invisible to the naked eye.gath·er·ing nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a of meeting a group of people
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gathering
gath‧er‧ing /ˈɡæðərɪŋ/
noun [countable]
1. a meeting of a group of people:
a select gathering of 20 or 30 people
2. intelligence/information etc gathering the process of collecting information from many different places
3. a fold or group of folds in cloth
▪ meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: a business meeting. | Mr Bell is in a meeting. | The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday.
▪conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year? | a conference of women business leaders
▪convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: the Democratic Party Convention | a convention for Star Trek fans
▪rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: There was a massive peace rally in London.
▪summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis. | next week’s economic summit
▪caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007.
▪teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers.
▪gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday. | She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings.
▪date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: I think I might ask her out on a date.
▪rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar.
▪tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: a good place for a moonlight tryst
gath‧er‧ing /ˈɡæðərɪŋ/
noun [countable]1. a meeting of a group of people:
2. intelligence/information etc gathering the process of collecting information from many different places
3. a fold or group of folds in cloth
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