gatherings
USGATH-ur-ingz/ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋz/UKGATH-uh-ringz/ˈɡæð.ə.ɹɪŋz/
- 1Plural of gathering.
Public gatherings were restricted in the city during the outbreak.
She documented the seasonal gatherings of migratory birds along the coast.
Note
Only some meanings of gathering can take a plural. The sense of collecting produce or foraging food, as in the gathering of berries, is a mass noun and stays singular. So gatherings nearly always means separate meetings, parties or groups. Paper has its own countable use: a gathering is a section of sheets stacked and folded in half, and a book is made of several.
gatherings is a form of gathering
gathering, noun: A meeting or get-together of people, such as a party or other social function. Full entry
- Forms
- gatheringgatherings plural
- Spelling
- gathering → gatherings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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