"gather" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡæðɚ/ [US], /ˈɡæðə/ [UK] Audio: en-us-gather.ogg [US] Forms: gather [canonical], gathers [third-person, singular], gathered [past], gathered [past, participle], gathering [present, participle]
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  1. If people or things gather, they come together.
    Sense id: simple-gather-en-verb-qrTwYzUc
  2. If you gather something, you've heard or read it, or you have reason to believe it, but you don't know.
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  3. If something gathers speed, it continues to get faster.
    Sense id: simple-gather-en-verb-ot0BvgHn
  4. If something is gathering dust, it is not being used.
    Sense id: simple-gather-en-verb-kTll3ZIN
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