Antonyms for gathering

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gath-er-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæð ər ɪŋ

Definition of gathering

Origin : "a meeting," mid-12c., from late Old English gaderung, verbal noun from gather.

noun assemblage, accumulation

Example sentences :

At the evening gathering Lord Shaftesbury occupied the chair.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

There he stood for a moment, and Andrew knew that he was gathering his nerve.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I left the village in the gathering gloom and was soon out on the heather.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home

So, on this Monday evening, there were but seventeen at the gathering.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Bill was scrubbing the porch, and a farmhand was gathering bottles from the grass into a box.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And one evening when I came in from gathering acorns, I discovered that I had had a visitor.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

He raised the covering hand, and peered at the coin in the gathering gloom.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

The girl sat for a long time a gray shadow in the gathering darkness.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

But if few in number, the gathering was decidedly formidable in appearance.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

He set about gathering the water bottles and gourds that had not been emptied.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Synonyms for gathering

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