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gathered

UK/ˈɡæðəd//ˈɡæðɚd/

gathered is the simple past and past participle of gather.

Meaning of gather

Verb

gather (third-person singular simple present gathers, present participle gathering, simple past and past participle gathered)

  1. To collect normally separate things.
    • I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
    1. Especially, to harvest food.
      • We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
    2. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
      • Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
    3. (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
      • People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
    4. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
      • Their snow-ball did not gather as it went.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  2. To bring parts of a whole closer.
    • She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

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Adjective

gathered (comparative more gathered, superlative most gathered)

  1. (Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared mysticism.
    • Today evidence for a gathered meeting comes from the phenomenon which the psychologist Carl F. Jung described as "synchronicity", a connecting principle or communication without any apparent external cause.1988, George T. Peck, What is Quakerism, A Primer

Forms of gathered

comparativemore gathered
superlativemost gathered

Words formed from gathered

Phrases with gathered

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Questions about gathered

What does gathered mean?
Gathered means focused, centered, achieving a state of shared mysticism.
What is gathered the simple past and past participle of?
Gathered is the simple past and past participle of gather.
What part of speech is gathered?
Gathered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gathered?
Gathered is pronounced /ˈɡæðəd/ (UK).

Words near gathered in the dictionary

  1. gather way
  2. gather wool
  3. gather'd
  4. gatherable
  5. Gathercole
  6. gathered
  7. gathered dust
  8. gathered oneself
  9. gathered oneself together
  10. gathered pace
  11. gathered rosebuds

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