Definition of "gathering" in English

noun

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

   • I met her at a gathering of engineers and scientists.

2. A group of people or things.

   • a gathering of Catholics

3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

   • This gathering machine forms the backbone of a bookbinding operation.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.

5. (uncountable) The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.

6. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of gather

adjective

1. That gathers together.

   • She was worried by the gathering stormclouds.