Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gather
Participle: gathered
Gerund: gathering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | gather |
| you | gather |
| he;she;it | gathers |
| we | gather |
| you | gather |
| they | gather |
Perfect
| I | have gathered |
| you | have gathered |
| he;she;it | has gathered |
| we | have gathered |
| you | have gathered |
| they | have gathered |
Past
| I | gathered |
| you | gathered |
| he;she;it | gathered |
| we | gathered |
| you | gathered |
| they | gathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had gathered |
| you | had gathered |
| he;she;it | had gathered |
| we | had gathered |
| you | had gathered |
| they | had gathered |
Future
| I | will gather |
| you | will gather |
| he;she;it | will gather |
| we | will gather |
| you | will gather |
| they | will gather |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gathered |
| you | will have gathered |
| he;she;it | will have gathered |
| we | will have gathered |
| you | will have gathered |
| they | will have gathered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gather |
| you | gather |
| he;she;it | gather |
| we | gather |
| you | gather |
| they | gather |
Perfect
| I | have gathered |
| you | have gathered |
| he;she;it | have gathered |
| we | have gathered |
| you | have gathered |
| they | have gathered |
Imperfect
| I | gathered |
| you | gathered |
| he;she;it | gathered |
| we | gathered |
| you | gathered |
| they | gathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had gathered |
| you | had gathered |
| he;she;it | had gathered |
| we | had gathered |
| you | had gathered |
| they | had gathered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gather |
| you | would gather |
| he;she;it | would gather |
| we | would gather |
| you | would gather |
| they | would gather |
Perfect
| I | would have gathered |
| you | would have gathered |
| he;she;it | would have gathered |
| we | would have gathered |
| you | would have gathered |
| they | would have gathered |
Imperative
| you | gather |
| we | Let's gather |
| you | gather |
Verbs conjugated like 'gather'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gather'
father,
gether,
lather,
rather,
atter,
bathe,
batter,
begather,
blather,
bother,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to bring together
- round up
- —to accumulate over time
- accumulate
- —to congregate
- assemble
- to come together as a group
- assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, pack, team, team up, throng
- to collect in an increasing amount over time
- accrue, accumulate, add up, amound, garner, heap up, mount up, stack up
- congregate
- aggregate, assemble, collect, forgather, marshal
- conclude
- infer, assume, deduce, learn, understand
- collect
- accumulate, amass, garner, hoard
- harvest
- garner, glean, reap, pluck, crop, cull
- sort
- select, cull, pick
- increase
- grow, thicken, accrete, collect, condense
Antonyms
- to divide into portions and issue out
- amass, concentrate, consolidate, reassemble, distribute
- collect
- distribute, disseminate, divide, dispense
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ around (somebody),
~ around (something),
~ round (somebody),
~ round (something),
~ in something,
~ something in,
~ up something,
~ something up,
~ somebody up,
~ yourself up,
Etymology
1. O.E.
gadrian, gædrian "to gather, collect, store up," related to
gæd "fellowship," and
god "good," from P.Gmc.
*gadurojan "bring together, unite" (cf. M.L.G.
gadderen, O.Fris.
gaderia). Change of spelling from
-d- to
-th- is 1500s, reflecting earlier change in pronunciation.
2. From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”). See: Middle English '
gaderen', Old English '
gaderian'.
Sample Sentences
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And there she is ! all eyes are turned to where she lies, dimly discernible through the gathering fog of the early winter afternoon; every finger is pointed in the same direction; and murmurs of interest and admiration—as ‘How beautiful she looks ! ’ ‘How trim she is ! ’ — are heard on every [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Good order, cleanliness, and comfort, pervaded every corner of the building. The various classes, who were gathered round their teachers, answered the questions put to them with readiness and intelligence, and in a spirit of cheerful contest for precedence which pleased me very much. Those who were at play, were [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] is three dollars, or twelve shillings English; but no girl employed by any of the corporations is ever excluded for want of the means of payment. That they do not very often want the means, may be gathered from the fact, that in July, 1841, no fewer than nine hundred and seventy-eight of these girls were depositors in the Lowell Savings Bank: the amount of whose joint savings was estimated at one [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The poor victims of the sale, who had been brought up in one place together for years, gathered round the despairing old mother, whose agony was pitiful to see.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I was assisted to this conclusion by seeing some of them gathered round the master of the boat, at one of the tables, drawing lots with all the anxieties and passions of gamesters depicted in their countenances; while others, with small pieces of cardboard in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] prevented from getting there, in time to hear these Little Warblers, or to report upon this novel kind of vocal entertainment: novel, at least, to me: but I found in a large open space, each society gathered round its own banners, and listening in silent attention to its own orator. The speeches, judging from the little I could hear of them, were certainly adapted to the occasion, as having that degree [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was a sultry, close day, the next day, as the steamer drew near to New Orleans. A general bustle of expectation and preparation was spread through the boat; in the cabin, one and another were gathering their things together, and arranging them, preparatory to going ashore. The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I woke again at seven o’clock, and by that time the party had assembled, and were gathered round, one light carriage, with a very stout axletree; one something on wheels like an amateur carrier 's cart; one double phaeton of great antiquity and unearthly construction; one gig with a great [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in ploughing her way among a shoal of such obstructions, drove a few among them for the moment under water. Sometimes the engine stopped during a long interval, and then before her and behind, and gathering close about her on all sides, were so many of these ill-favoured obstacles that she was fairly hemmed in; the centre of a floating island; and was constrained to pause until they parted, somewhere, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Henrique, who valued himself on his gentlemanly adroitness in all matters of gallantry, soon had his fair cousin in the saddle, and, gathering the reins, placed them in her hands.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)