gathering

Other forms of gathering

plural

gatherings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gathering

What does gathering mean?

gathering means "a group of persons together in one place". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gathering?

gathering has 3 syllables: gat-he-ring. The stress falls on "gat". In IPA it is /ˈɡæðɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for gathering?

Close synonyms include assemblage, assembly, assemblage, gather, gather. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gathering a common word?

gathering is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.