| assemblage | | |
| 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. (artifact) | 2. assemblage, hookup | a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose. |
| ~ system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" |
| n. (act) | 3. 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. (group) | 4. accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ procession | the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.; "processions were forbidden" |
| ~ pharmacopoeia | a collection or stock of drugs. |
| ~ string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of clothing belonging to one person. |
| ~ wardrobe | collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company. |
| ~ universe, population | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn.; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
| ~ armamentarium | the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine. |
| ~ art collection | a collection of art works. |
| ~ backlog | an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services). |
| ~ battery | a collection of related things intended for use together.; "took a battery of achievement tests" |
| ~ block | a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit.; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" |
| ~ rule book, book | a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made.; "they run things by the book around here" |
| ~ book | a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game. |
| ~ bottle collection | a collection of bottles.; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" |
| ~ caboodle, bunch, lot | any collection in its entirety.; "she bought the whole caboodle" |
| ~ coin collection | a collection of coins. |
| ~ collage | any collection of diverse things.; "a collage of memories" |
| ~ content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ tout ensemble, ensemble | an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole. |
| ~ corpus | a collection of writings.; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" |
| ~ crop | a collection of people or things appearing together.; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" |
| ~ tenantry | tenants of an estate considered as a group. |
| ~ findings | a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes. |
| ~ flagging | flagstones collectively.; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" |
| ~ flinders | bits and splinters and fragments.; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" |
| ~ pack | a complete collection of similar things. |
| ~ deal, hand | the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time.; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" |
| ~ long suit | in a hand, the suit having the most cards. |
| ~ herbarium | a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study. |
| ~ stamp collection | a collection of stamps. |
| ~ statuary | statues collectively. |
| ~ sum total, sum, summation | the final aggregate.; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" |
| ~ agglomeration | a jumbled collection or mass. |
| ~ gimmickry | a collection of gimmicks. |
| ~ nuclear club | the nations possessing nuclear weapons. |
| ~ cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound | a collection of objects laid on top of each other. |
| ~ mass | an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). |
| ~ combination | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities. |
| ~ congregation | an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together.; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" |
| ~ hit parade | a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind. |
| ~ judaica | historical and literary materials relating to Judaism. |
| ~ kludge | a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together). |
| ~ program library, subroutine library, library | (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use. |
| ~ library | a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing. |
| ~ mythology | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person. |
| ~ nag hammadi library, nag hammadi | a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism. |
| ~ biota, biology | all the plant and animal life of a particular region. |
| ~ fauna, zoology | all the animal life in a particular region or period.; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" |
| ~ petting zoo | a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| ~ victoriana | collection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era. |
| ~ category, class, family | a collection of things sharing a common attribute.; "there are two classes of detergents" |
| ~ job lot | a miscellaneous collection of things sold together. |
| ~ bundle, package, packet, parcel | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together. |
| ~ defense lawyers, defense team, defence, defense | the defendant and his legal advisors collectively.; "the defense called for a mistrial" |
| ~ prosecution | the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant. |
| ~ planting | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area.; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" |
| ~ signage | signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters).; "there will be signage displayed at each post" |
| ~ gaap, generally accepted accounting principles | a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures. |
| ~ pantheon | all the gods of a religion. |
| ~ free world | anti-communist countries collectively. |
| ~ third world | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively. |
| ~ europe | the nations of the European continent collectively.; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II" |
| ~ asia | the nations of the Asian continent collectively. |
| ~ north america | the nations of the North American continent collectively. |
| ~ central america | the nations of Central America collectively. |
| ~ south america | the nations of the South American continent collectively.; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States" |
| ~ oort cloud | (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun. |
| ~ galaxy | a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people). |
| ~ extragalactic nebula, galaxy | (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
| ~ fleet | a group of warships organized as a tactical unit. |
| ~ fleet | group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ fleet | group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule. |
| ~ repertoire, repertory | the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation.; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" |
| ~ assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
| ~ batch, clutch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together. |
| ~ batch | all the loaves of bread baked at the same time. |
| ~ rogue's gallery | a collection of pictures of criminals. |
| ~ expo, exhibition, exposition | a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. |
| ~ convoy | a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships. |
| ~ traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time. |
| ~ air power, aviation | the aggregation of a country's military aircraft. |
| ~ botany, flora, vegetation | all the plant life in a particular region or period.; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ menagerie | a collection of live animals for study or display. |
| ~ data, information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.; "statistical data" |
| ~ ana | a collection of anecdotes about a person or place. |
| ~ mail, post | any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered.; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post" |
| ~ treasure | a collection of precious things.; "the trunk held all her meager treasures" |
| ~ treasure trove | any collection of valuables that is discovered.; "her book was a treasure trove of new ideas"; "mother's attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques" |
| ~ trinketry | trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively. |
| ~ troponomy, troponymy | the place names of a region or a language considered collectively. |
| ~ smithereens | a collection of small fragments considered as a whole.; "Berlin was bombed to smithereens"; "his hopes were dashed to smithereens"; "I wanted to smash him to smithereens"; "the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens" |
| ~ magi, wise men | (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them. |
| assembly | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. assembly | a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit. |
| ~ machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. |
| ~ sub-assembly | a unit assembled separately but designed to fit with other units in a manufactured product. |
| ~ weldment | an assembly of parts welded together. |
| n. (act) | 2. assembly, fabrication | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery). |
| ~ construction, building | the act of constructing something.; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. assembly, forum, meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion. |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| n. (group) | 4. assembly | a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose. |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly | persons who make or amend or repeal laws. |
| ~ areopagus | the highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court). |
| ~ states general | assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries. |
| ~ chapter | an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church. |
| ~ deliberative assembly | an assembly of people for the purpose of unhurried consideration and discussion. |
| ~ council | (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine. |
| ~ chamber | a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly.; "the upper chamber is the senate" |
| ~ bench | the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively. |
| ~ court, judicature, tribunal | an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. |
| ~ coven | an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches. |
| ~ sabbat, witches' sabbath | a midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. assembly | a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together. |
| ~ whole, unit | an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity.; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit" |
| conference | | |
| n. (group) | 1. conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). |
| ~ group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ symposium | a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations. |
| ~ seminar | any meeting for an exchange of ideas. |
| ~ colloquium | an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting. |
| ~ potsdam conference | a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended. |
| ~ yalta conference | a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe. |
| ~ conferee | a member of a conference. |
| n. (group) | 2. conference, league | an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members. |
| ~ association | a formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association" |
| ~ big league, major league, majors | the most important league in any sport (especially baseball). |
| ~ bush league, minor league, minors | a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball). |
| ~ baseball league | a league of baseball teams. |
| ~ basketball league | a league of basketball teams. |
| ~ bowling league | a league of bowling teams. |
| ~ football league | a league of football teams. |
| ~ hockey league | a league of hockey teams. |
| ~ ivy league | a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige. |
| ~ class, division | a league ranked by quality.; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" |
| n. (communication) | 3. conference, group discussion | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic. |
| ~ give-and-take, discussion, word | an exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" |
| ~ bull session | an informal discussion (usually among men). |
| ~ colloquy | a conversation especially a formal one. |
| ~ consultation | a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question.; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists" |
| ~ consultation, interview, audience | a conference (usually with someone important).; "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king" |
| ~ huddle, powwow | (informal) a quick private conference. |
| ~ news conference, press conference | a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity. |
| ~ pretrial, pretrial conference | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases. |
| ~ round-table conference, round table, roundtable | a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views.; "a roundtable on the future of computing" |
| ~ session | a meeting for execution of a group's functions.; "it was the opening session of the legislature" |
| ~ teach-in | an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue. |
| ~ teleconference, teleconferencing | a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television. |
| convention | | |
| n. (group) | 1. convention | a large formal assembly.; "political convention" |
| ~ group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ constitutional convention | the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule | something regarded as a normative example.; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" |
| ~ practice | knowledge of how something is usually done.; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
| ~ mores | (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group. |
| ~ code of behavior, code of conduct | a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group. |
| ~ universal | a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings.; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal" |
| n. (communication) | 3. convention | (diplomacy) an international agreement. |
| ~ pact, treaty, accord | a written agreement between two states or sovereigns. |
| ~ chemical weapons convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons. |
| ~ geneva convention | an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime. |
| ~ diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations | negotiation between nations. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. convention, conventionalism, conventionality | orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional. |
| ~ orthodoxy | the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion). |
| ~ ossification, conformity | hardened conventionality. |
| n. (act) | 5. convening, convention | the act of convening. |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| meeting | | |
| n. (group) | 1. group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ board meeting, committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes. |
| ~ camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days. |
| ~ caucus | a closed political meeting. |
| ~ conclave | a confidential or secret meeting. |
| ~ conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). |
| ~ congress | a meeting of elected or appointed representatives. |
| ~ convention | a large formal assembly.; "political convention" |
| ~ council | a meeting of people for consultation.; "emergency council" |
| ~ forum | a public meeting or assembly for open discussion. |
| ~ plenum | a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present.; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases" |
| ~ psychotherapy group | a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes. |
| ~ stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company. |
| ~ summit meeting, summit | a meeting of heads of governments. |
| ~ town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town. |
| n. (group) | 2. get together, meeting | a small informal social gathering.; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" |
| ~ social affair, social gathering | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship. |
| ~ conventicle | a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship. |
| ~ appointment, engagement, date | a meeting arranged in advance.; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" |
| ~ visit | a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice.; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ lunch meeting, luncheon meeting | a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating. |
| ~ power breakfast | a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast. |
| ~ seance, sitting, session | a meeting of spiritualists.; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" |
| n. (event) | 3. encounter, meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence.; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
| ~ convergence | the occurrence of two or more things coming together. |
| ~ alignment, conjunction | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. |
| n. (act) | 4. coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| ~ rendezvous | a meeting planned at a certain time and place. |
| ~ session | a meeting devoted to a particular activity.; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" |
| ~ socialising, socializing, socialisation, socialization | the act of meeting for social purposes.; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men" |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity.; "a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ visit | the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection). |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time.; "he dropped by for a visit" |
| n. (act) | 5. coming together, meeting, merging | the act of joining together as one.; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" |
| ~ converging, convergency, convergence | the act of converging (coming closer). |
| ~ concourse, confluence | a coming together of people. |
| n. (location) | 6. confluence, meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers).; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| rally | | |
| n. (group) | 1. mass meeting, rally | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm. |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ pep rally | a rally (especially of students) before a game. |
| ~ revival meeting, revival | an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion. |
| n. (act) | 2. rally, rallying | the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort.; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" |
| ~ exploit, feat, effort | a notable achievement.; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" |
| n. (process) | 3. rally | a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness. |
| ~ convalescence, recuperation, recovery | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury. |
| n. (event) | 4. rally | an automobile race run over public roads. |
| ~ auto race, automobile race, car race | a race between (usually high-performance) automobiles. |
| n. (act) | 5. exchange, rally | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes.; "after a short rally Connors won the point" |
| ~ squash rackets, squash racquets, squash | a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
| ~ badminton | a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net. |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| ~ ping-pong, table tennis | a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| v. (contact) | 6. beat up, drum up, rally | gather.; "drum up support" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| v. (competition) | 7. call up, mobilise, mobilize, rally | call to arms; of military personnel. |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| v. (contact) | 8. come up, muster, muster up, rally, summon | gather or bring together.; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" |
| ~ gather, pull together, collect, garner | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| v. (change) | 9. rally, rebound | return to a former condition.; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" |
| ~ recuperate, go back, recover | regain a former condition after a financial loss.; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" |
| v. (communication) | 10. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| session | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. session | a meeting for execution of a group's functions.; "it was the opening session of the legislature" |
| ~ group discussion, conference | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic. |
| ~ sitting | a session as of a legislature or court. |
| ~ clinic | meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity. |
| ~ closed session, executive session | a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public. |
| ~ hearing | a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken.; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago" |
| ~ skull session | a session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideas. |
| ~ special session | a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions. |
| ~ tutorial | a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students. |
| n. (time) | 2. academic session, academic term, school term, session | the time during which a school holds classes.; "they had to shorten the school term" |
| ~ academic year, school year | the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying. |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ summer school | an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study. |
| ~ semester | one of two divisions of an academic year. |
| ~ trimester | one of three divisions of an academic year. |
| ~ quarter | one of four periods into which the school year is divided.; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" |
| n. (act) | 3. session | a meeting devoted to a particular activity.; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" |
| ~ coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ class period, course session, recitation | a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study. |
| n. (group) | 4. seance, session, sitting | a meeting of spiritualists.; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" |
| ~ spirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping | alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead. |
| ~ table lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning | manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits. |
| ~ get together, meeting | a small informal social gathering.; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" |
| collect | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. collect | a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England. |
| ~ orison, petition, prayer | reverent petition to a deity. |
| v. (possession) | 2. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| ~ run up | pile up (debts or scores). |
| ~ corral | collect or gather.; "corralling votes for an election" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| ~ scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up | gather (money or other resources) together over time.; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" |
| ~ chunk, lump | put together indiscriminately.; "lump together all the applicants" |
| ~ bale | make into a bale.; "bale hay" |
| ~ catch | take in and retain.; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" |
| ~ fund | accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability.; "fund a medical care plan" |
| ~ fund | place or store up in a fund for accumulation. |
| ~ hive away, lay in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store, put in | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| v. (possession) | 3. collect, take in | call for and obtain payment of.; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ farm | collect fees or profits. |
| ~ raise | collect funds for a specific purpose.; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" |
| v. (contact) | 4. collect, garner, gather, pull together | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| ~ mobilize, marshal, mobilise, summon | make ready for action or use.; "marshal resources" |
| ~ rake | gather with a rake.; "rake leaves" |
| ~ glean, harvest, reap | gather, as of natural products.; "harvest the grapes" |
| ~ club | gather into a club-like mass.; "club hair" |
| ~ hive | gather into a hive.; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" |
| ~ salvage, scavenge | collect discarded or refused material.; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" |
| ~ muster, muster up, rally, summon, come up | gather or bring together.; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" |
| ~ round up | seek out and bring together.; "round up some loyal followers" |
| ~ cull, pick, pluck | look for and gather.; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" |
| ~ nut | gather nuts. |
| ~ snail | gather snails.; "We went snailing in the summer" |
| ~ bird-nest, birdnest | gather birdnests.; "They went birdnesting in the early morning" |
| ~ nest | gather nests. |
| ~ oyster | gather oysters, dig oysters. |
| ~ sponge | gather sponges, in the ocean. |
| ~ pearl | gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean. |
| ~ clam | gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean. |
| ~ shock | collect or gather into shocks.; "shock grain" |
| ~ heap up, stack up, pile up | arrange into piles or stacks.; "She piled up her books in my living room" |
| v. (contact) | 5. collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| ~ archive, file away | put into an archive. |
| ~ drum up, rally, beat up | gather.; "drum up support" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| v. (possession) | 6. call for, collect, gather up, pick up | gather or collect.; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| adj. | 7. cod, collect | payable by the recipient on delivery.; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" |
| ~ due | owed and payable immediately or on demand.; "payment is due" |
| adv. | 8. collect | make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays.; "call collect"; "send a package collect" |
| compile | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. compile, compose | put together out of existing material.; "compile a list" |
| ~ cobble together, cobble up | put together hastily. |
| ~ anthologise, anthologize | compile an anthology. |
| ~ catalog, catalogue | make a catalogue, compile a catalogue.; "She spends her weekends cataloguing" |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| v. (creation) | 2. compile | use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed. |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| gather | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. 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" |
| n. (act) | 2. 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. |
| v. (social) | 3. assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| ~ aggroup, group | form a group or group together. |
| ~ meet | meet by design; be present at the arrival of.; "Can you meet me at the train station?" |
| ~ encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see | come together.; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" |
| ~ congregate | come together, usually for a purpose.; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" |
| ~ hive | move together in a hive or as if in a hive.; "The bee swarms are hiving" |
| ~ fort, fort up | gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense. |
| ~ convene | meet formally.; "The council convened last week" |
| ~ cluster, clump, constellate, flock | come together as in a cluster or flock.; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" |
| ~ crowd together, crowd | to gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| ~ converge | move or draw together at a certain location.; "The crowd converged on the movie star" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ turn out | come and gather for a public event.; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" |
| ~ caucus | meet to select a candidate or promote a policy. |
| ~ club | gather and spend time together.; "They always club together" |
| v. (change) | 4. accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up | collect or gather.; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
| ~ backlog | accumulate and create a backlog. |
| ~ accrete | grow or become attached by accretion.; "The story accreted emotion" |
| ~ drift | be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current.; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" |
| v. (communication) | 5. gather | conclude from evidence.; "I gather you have not done your homework" |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| v. (contact) | 6. gather, pucker, tuck | draw together into folds or puckers. |
| ~ sew, sew together, stitch, run up | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| v. (social) | 7. assemble, gather, get together | get people together.; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" |
| ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| ~ make | form by assembling individuals or constituents.; "Make a quorum" |
| v. (contact) | 8. gather | draw and bring closer.; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders" |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| v. (contact) | 9. gather | look for (food) in nature.; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| ~ shell | look for and collect shells by the seashore. |
| v. (change) | 10. gain, gather | increase or develop.; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
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