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gather
verb as in come or bring together
Strongest matches
assemble, choose, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, converge, crowd, draw, flock, huddle, meet, pick, round up, show up
Strong matches
accumulate, aggregate, amass, associate, capture, concentrate, corral, cull, forgather, garner, group, heap, herd, hoard, marshal, mass, muster, pluck, poke, punch, rally, reunite, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite
Weak matches
bunch up, close with, draw in, gang up, get-together, hang around, hang out, make the scene, pile up, pour in, scare up, scrape together, stack up
verb as in be led to believe; infer
verb as in harvest, pick out
Example Sentences
The ground in November is not as cold as it would be in midwinter so some of the snow hitting the roads will probably melt, though larger accumulations could gather on colder grassy surfaces.
“He definitely doesn’t have as much curly hair as the Filipino one,” she joked while trying to gather her thoughts.
NCA branch operations manager Paul Jones, said: “It is clear from the evidence we were able to gather over the course of our investigation that Pistiwan Jameel was a prolific UK-based broker for people smuggling gangs in France.”
In October, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for US ambassador to the UN, accused China of “blatant and malicious election interference” amid reports that China-backed hackers attempted to gather information from the former president’s phones.
“We ask the public to respect the presumption of innocence and to refrain from speculation as we work to gather all relevant facts.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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