gathering

1. is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
   subtypes:

   • building - the occupants of a building
   • carload - a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile
   • contingent - a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
   • floor - the occupants of a floor
   • pair - two people considered as a unit
   • room - the people who are present in a room
   • threesome, triad, trinity, trio - three people considered as a unit
   • turnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion
   • foursome, quartet, quartette - four people considered as a unit
   • fivesome, quintet, quintette - five people considered as a unit
   • sextet, sextette, sixsome - six people considered as a unit
   • septet, septette, sevensome - seven people considered as a unit
   • eightsome, octet, octette - eight people considered as a unit
   • assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
   • crowd - a large number of things or people considered together
   • concourse, multitude, throng - a large gathering of people
   • audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
   • community - a group of people living in a particular local area
   • municipality - people living in a town or city having local self-government
   • cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae - the actors in a play
   • class, course, form, grade - a body of students who are taught together
   • class, year - a body of students who graduate together
   • social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
   • bunch, crew, crowd, gang - an informal body of friends
   • group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering
   • covey - a small collection of people
   • quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
   • mass meeting, rally - a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
   • commune - a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
   • convocation - a group gathered in response to a summons
   • fair - gathering of producers to promote business
   • bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type
   • cortege, entourage, retinue, suite - the group following and attending to some important person
   • camp - a group of people living together in a camp
   • muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty
   • rap group - a gathering of people holding a rap session
   • rave-up - a raucous gathering
   • table - a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
   • wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines
   same as: assemblage
2. is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
   subtypes:

   • mobilisation, mobilization - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action
   • calling together, convocation - the act of convoking
   • coming together, congress, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose
   • congregating, congregation - the act of congregating
   • convening, convention - the act of convening
   • concentration - bringing together military forces
   same as: assemblage, assembly
3. is a type of: aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection - the act of gathering something together
   subtypes:

   • centralisation, centralization - gathering to a center
   • harvest, harvest home, harvesting - the gathering of a ripened crop
   same as: gather
4. is a type of: sewing, stitchery - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread
   same as: gather

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