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foregathering

foregathering noun: a gathering together; an assembly. Also the present participle and gerund of foregather.

Noun

foregathering (plural foregatherings)

  1. A gathering together; an assembly.
    • [I]n all our foregatherings she was careful to sit as far from Felicity as possible.1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 19, in The Story Girl
    • The very pure source […] is the snowy mountain-peak above. There, eternally, goes on the white foregathering of the crystals, out of the deathly cold of the heavens; […]1916, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Return Journey”, in Twilight in Italy, London: Duckworth and Co. […], →OCLC, page 280

Also used as

foregathering is also the present participle and gerund of foregather.

Forms of foregathering

pluralforegatherings
alternative formforgathering

Questions about foregathering

What does foregathering mean?
Foregathering means a gathering together; an assembly.
What part of speech is foregathering?
Foregathering is a noun.
What is the plural of foregathering?
The plural of foregathering is foregatherings.

Words near foregathering in the dictionary

  1. foregangers
  2. foregate
  3. foregates
  4. foregather
  5. foregathered
  6. foregathering
  7. foregatherings
  8. foregathers
  9. foregave
  10. foregaze
  11. foregazed

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