gathering

/ˈɡað(ə)rɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɡað(ə)rɪŋ/

gathering

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

gat - he - ring -> gathering

Myanmar meaning

(n) လူများစုရုံးခြင်း။ (v[ing]) စုရုံးနေ

Full entry

gather / 'gæðǝ(r) / v

၁။ (က) ~ round (sb/sth) ; ~ sb/sth round (sb/sth) စုသည်။ စုရုံးသည်။ A crowd soon gathered. ❍ Gather round (ie Form a group round me) and listen, children! ❍ We used to have musical evenings with the whole family gathered round the piano.
(ခ) ~ sth (together/up) စုစည်းသည်။ သိမ်းသည်။ Give me a moment to gather my notes. ❍ She gathered together/up her scattered belongings and left.
၂။ (က) ~ sth (from sth) ကောက်သည်။ စုသည်။ gather wild flowers/berries/nuts ❍ (fig ) information gathered from various sources.
(ခ) ~ sth (in) ခူးသည်။ ဆွတ်သည်။ ရိတ် သိမ်းသည်။ The harvest has been safely gathered in.
၃။ ~ sth (from sb/sth) နားလည်သည်။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ သိသည်။ I gather (that) you wanted to see me. ❍ 'I'm very angry. ' 'I gathered that from your letter. ' ❍ ' I gathered from the way she replied that she wasn't very enthusiastic. ❍ 'She won't be coming. ' 'So I gather. '
၄။ ~ sth round one/sth ; ~ sth up ဆွဲခြုံသည်။ ဆွဲသည်။ She gathered the shawl round her/round her shoulders. ❍ She gathered up her skirts and ran.
၅။ သိမ်းကျုံး ပွေ့ဖက်သည်။ ပိုက်ပွေ့သည်။ He gathered her in his arms and kissed her. ❍ She shivered and he gathered her close.
၆။ (ခွန်အား၊ အကြံဉာဏ်စသည်) အစွမ်းကုန် အားစိုက်၍ စုစည်းသည်။ He gathered all his strength and swung the axe. ❍ She sat trying to gather her thoughts before the interview.
၇။ ~ sth (in) အတွန့်ထည့်သည်။ ဒေါက်ထည့် သည်။ a skirt gathered (in) at the waist.
၈။ (မုန်တိုင်း) ဆင်သည်။ (မှောင်စ) ပျိုးသည်။ (အရှိန်) မြန်လာသည်။ The darkness/storm is gathering. ❍ in the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon ❍ The car gathered speed.
n အတွန့်။
❏ gatherer / 'gæðǝrǝ(r) / n ကောက်ပဲသီးနှံစသည် ရှာဖွေ စုဆောင်းသူ။ prehistoric hunters and gatherers.
❏ gathering / 'gæðǝrÇŋ / n တွေ့ဆုံပွဲ။ a small family gathering ❍ a gathering of friends.

More examples

A crowd gathered outside the hotel.
Football fans gathered around the TV in the corner of the bar.
She gathered her children and ran for shelter.
There were 60, 000 fans gathered in the stadium.
Our report is based on information gathered from all parts of the country.
The police have been gathering evidence against him.
I need to gather together our tax documents.
They live by gathering shellfish and snails.
Bees were gathering pollen from the wild flowers.
The train pulled away slowly, then gathered speed.
Gathering her robe around her, Maria ran upstairs.
She gathered her hair into a knot at the back of her head.
You’re new here, I gather.
From what I can gather she’s madly in love with him.
[gather (that)] : I gather that the storm caused a power failure.
The dress is gathered at the waist with elastic.

Synonyms

meet, get together, collect, congregate, group, assemble, draw together, gather round, accumulate, aggregate, amass, associate, assume, bring together, build, bunch, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, concentrate, conclude, convene, converge, corral, crease, crimp, crop, crowd, cull, deduce, deepen, draw, draw in, enlarge, expand, expect, extract, find, flock, fold, forgather, gain, gang up, garner, gather together, glean, grow, hang around, hang out, harvest, heap, hear, heighten, herd, hoard, huddle, imagine, increase, infer, ingather, intensify, join together, judge, learn, make, make the scene, marshal, mass, mobilize, muster, pick, pick out, pick up, pile, pile up, pleat, pluck, poke, pour in, presume, pucker, pull together, punch, rally, reap, reckon, reunite, rise, round up, ruche, ruck, scare up, scrape together, select, shirr, show up, stack, stack up, stockpile, suppose, surmise, suspect, swarm, swell, take, take in, thicken, think, throng, understand, unite, wax, wrinkle

Antonyms

abridge, allot, cancel, compress, contract, deal, decline, decrease, diminish, disallow, disbelieve, disperse, dissemble, dissipate, distribute, divide, fail, grow, insert, know, leave, lessen, lose, lower, miss, misunderstand, neglect, plant, reduce, refuse, reject, repulse, scatter, separate, shrink, smooth, spend, spread, squander, stop, throw away, waste