| gathering | | |
| n. (group) | 1. assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ building | the occupants of a building.; "the entire building complained about the noise" |
| ~ carload | a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile. |
| ~ contingent | a gathering of persons representative of some larger group.; "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics" |
| ~ floor | the occupants of a floor.; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat" |
| ~ pair | two people considered as a unit. |
| ~ room | the people who are present in a room.; "the whole room was cheering" |
| ~ threesome, triad, trinity, trio | three people considered as a unit. |
| ~ turnout | the group that gathers together for a particular occasion.; "a large turnout for the meeting" |
| ~ foursome, quartette, quartet | four people considered as a unit.; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." |
| ~ fivesome, quintette, quintet | five people considered as a unit. |
| ~ sixsome, sextette, sextet | six people considered as a unit. |
| ~ sevensome, septette, septet | seven people considered as a unit. |
| ~ eightsome, octette, octet | eight people considered as a unit. |
| ~ assembly | a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose. |
| ~ crowd | a large number of things or people considered together.; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" |
| ~ concourse, throng, multitude | a large gathering of people. |
| ~ audience | a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance.; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" |
| ~ community | a group of people living in a particular local area.; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
| ~ municipality | people living in a town or city having local self-government. |
| ~ cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae | the actors in a play. |
| ~ grade, class, course, form | a body of students who are taught together.; "early morning classes are always sleepy" |
| ~ year, class | a body of students who graduate together.; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" |
| ~ social affair, social gathering | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship. |
| ~ bunch, crowd, gang, crew | an informal body of friends.; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" |
| ~ group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ covey | a small collection of people. |
| ~ quorum | a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business. |
| ~ mass meeting, rally | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm. |
| ~ commune | a body of people or families living together and sharing everything. |
| ~ convocation | a group gathered in response to a summons. |
| ~ fair | gathering of producers to promote business.; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair" |
| ~ bevy | a large gathering of people of a particular type.; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" |
| ~ entourage, retinue, cortege, suite | the group following and attending to some important person. |
| ~ camp | a group of people living together in a camp.; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" |
| ~ muster | a gathering of military personnel for duty.; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster" |
| ~ rap group | a gathering of people holding a rap session. |
| ~ rave-up | a raucous gathering. |
| ~ table | a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game.; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" |
| ~ wine tasting | a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines. |
| n. (act) | 2. assemblage, assembly, gathering | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ mobilisation, mobilization | act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action.; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" |
| ~ calling together, convocation | the act of convoking. |
| ~ coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ congregating, congregation | the act of congregating. |
| ~ convening, convention | the act of convening. |
| ~ concentration | bringing together military forces. |
| n. (act) | 3. gather, gathering | the act of gathering something. |
| ~ assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection | the act of gathering something together. |
| ~ centralisation, centralization | gathering to a center. |
| ~ harvest home, harvesting, harvest | the gathering of a ripened crop. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. gather, gathering | sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching. |
| ~ stitchery, sewing | needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.; "she put her sewing back in the basket" |
| merger | | |
| n. (act) | 1. amalgamation, merger, uniting | the combination of two or more commercial companies. |
| ~ consolidation, integration | the act of combining into an integral whole.; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" |
| n. (event) | 2. fusion, merger, unification | an occurrence that involves the production of a union. |
| ~ union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" |
| condense | | |
| v. (change) | 1. condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ condense | develop due to condensation.; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" |
| ~ condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
| v. (change) | 2. concentrate, condense, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate | put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.; "capsulize the news" |
| ~ telescope | make smaller or shorter.; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
| v. (change) | 3. condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ condense | cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.; "The cold air condensed the steam" |
| v. (change) | 4. condense | cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.; "The cold air condensed the steam" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| v. (change) | 5. condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
| ~ deepen, intensify | become more intense.; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
| ~ concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| v. (change) | 6. condense | develop due to condensation.; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" |
| ~ come up, arise | result or issue.; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| v. (change) | 7. concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
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