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to gather


Meanings
  • Verb

    To bring together or collect items, people, or information.

    - "Let's to gather all the apples in the garden."
    - "The students to gathered in the auditorium for the assembly."
    - "I need to to gather all the necessary documents for the project."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with to gather
together , gatherer , scatterer
Variants
List of all variants of to gather that leads to same result
gather , gathered , gatherer , gatherers , gathering , gathers , gather momentum , gather momentum/strength , gather strength , wool-gather , wool-gathers , woolgather , woolgathered , woolgatherer , woolgatherers , woolgathering , woolgathers , gain steam , gain/gather steam , gather steam , gain momentum , gather/gain momentum
Forms
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gathers, gathered, gathering


Etymology
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Old English 'geganscan' - to gather, collect.


Trivia
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  1. Did you know that the largest gathering of people took place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 2012, with over 3 million pilgrims attending?

  2. In the Middle Ages, people would 'to gather' herbs and plants for medicinal purposes. They would then dry and store them for use throughout the year.


Related Concepts
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  1. Collection: The act of gathering or assembling items or data.

  2. Aggregation: The process of collecting and merging data from various sources into a single data store or data structure.


Culture
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In literature, 'to gather' is often used metaphorically to describe the process of bringing people or ideas together. For example, in 'Leaves of Grass' by Walt Whitman, the poet writes, 'Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) I contradict myself; I'd rather not.', which can be interpreted as the speaker acknowledging and embracing the diversity and complexity of human experiences.

How to Memorize "to gather"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a basket or a container that you fill with items as you 'to gather'.
    - Imagine yourself collecting apples in a garden and bringing them to a basket.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'to gather' with the image of a bee collecting nectar from flowers.
    - Think of 'to gather' as a magnet that attracts things towards it.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the phrase 'Together We Gather' to help remember the meaning of 'to gather'.
    - Create a mental image of a group of people coming together for a common purpose.


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