gathering

[Gath·er*ing]

The act of gathering something

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The act of collecting or bringing together.

Noun
the act of gathering something

Noun
the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"

Noun
sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

Noun
a group of persons together in one place


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gather

n.
The act of collecting or bringing together.

n.
That which is gathered, collected, or brought together

n.
A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.

n.
A charitable contribution; a collection.

n.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

a.
Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.


Gathering

Gath"er*ing, n. 1. The act of collecting or bringing together. 2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. (b) A charitable contribution; a collection. (c) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Gathering

Gath"er*ing, a. Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. Gathering board (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight. -- Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. -- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. -- Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders.

The act of collecting or bringing together.

Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.

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Usage Examples

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.

Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.

But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.

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Other Usage Examples

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.

There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.

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