| concentration | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. concentration | the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume. |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ titer, titre | the concentration of a solution as determined by titration. |
| ~ hydrogen ion concentration | the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter. |
| ~ molal concentration, molality | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent. |
| ~ molar concentration, molarity, m | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness | the spatial property of being crowded together. |
| ~ spatial arrangement, spacing | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them. |
| n. (act) | 3. concentration | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material. |
| ~ strengthening | the act of increasing the strength of something. |
| ~ pervaporation | the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off. |
| n. (event) | 4. concentration | increase in density. |
| ~ increase | a change resulting in an increase.; "the increase is scheduled for next month" |
| ~ compaction, compression, densification, concretion | an increase in the density of something. |
| ~ rarefaction | a decrease in the density of something.; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration.; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention" |
| ~ centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ specialism | the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation. |
| ~ study | a state of deep mental absorption.; "she is in a deep study" |
| n. (act) | 6. concentration | bringing together military forces. |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. assiduity, assiduousness, concentration | great and constant diligence and attention. |
| ~ industriousness, diligence, industry | persevering determination to perform a task.; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" |
| ~ intentness, engrossment | the quality of being intent and concentrated.; "the intentness of his gaze" |
| ~ singleness | the quality of concentrating on one central objective.; "his singleness of purpose" |
| 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" |
| n. (act) | 6. 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. |
| 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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