Gathered - English meaning

verb

Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

Usage examples:

Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence

verb

Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time.

Usage examples:

He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds

verb

To gather a large amount of something, esp. money, by collecting it over a period of time

Usage examples:

By the time he was 40, he had amassed a fortune.

verb

To get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period

Usage examples:

He has amassed a huge fortune from his invention., we have amassed a large amount of information.

verb

(of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

A crowd had assembled outside the gates

noun

A leap in which the feet are brought together before landing.

Usage examples:

The assemblés porté traveled a great distance and ended in perfect fifth position.

verb

Create by putting components or members together

verb

Suppose to be the case, without proof.

Usage examples:

Topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events

verb

Accept that (something) is true, especially without proof.

Usage examples:

The superintendent believed lancaster's story

verb

To think that something is true or correct

Usage examples:

[ t ] one juror said he didn’t believe the policeman’s testimony., [ + (that) clause ] she believed…

verb

Bring or gather together (a number of things).

Usage examples:

He went round the office collecting old coffee cups

adjective

(of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

A collect call

adverb

(with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

I called my mother collect

verb

Bring or come to an end.

Usage examples:

They conclude their study with these words

verb

To cause something to end, or to end

Usage examples:

[ t ] she concluded her remarks by thanking her supporters., [ i ] i’d like to conclude with a song…

verb

To have a particular opinion about something after thinking carefully about it

Usage examples:

Conclude that analysts concluded that borrowing costs were at or very near their peak., the study c…

verb

Gather into a crowd or mass.

Usage examples:

Some 4,000 demonstrators had congregated at a border point

verb

To gather together into a large group

Usage examples:

A crowd congregated around city hall.

verb

Come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.

Usage examples:

He had convened a secret meeting of military personnel

verb

To meet formally as a group, or to arrange a meeting of people or groups for a serious purpose

Usage examples:

[ i ] peace talks will convene next month.

verb

To arrange for a group of people to come together for an official meeting

Usage examples:

Convene a meeting/conference/hearing an emergency board meeting was convened by the directors later…

verb

(of lines) tend to meet at a point.

Usage examples:

A pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles

verb

To move toward the same point and come closer together or meet

Usage examples:

Six fire trucks converged on the burning factory., [ c ] there’s a convergence of interests among t…

verb

If two or more economies converge, they become more similar to each other

Usage examples:

Converge with sth the european economies have not yet converged with each other enough to make the …

verb

Call together or summon (an assembly or meeting).

Usage examples:

She sent messages convoking a council of ministers

verb

To arrange or call people to attend a large formal meeting

Usage examples:

He has convoked a summit conference in brussels.

verb

Contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds.

Usage examples:

Micky's brow corrugated in a simian frown

noun

A line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.

Usage examples:

Khaki trousers with knife-edge creases

verb

Any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.

noun

A line or mark made on material by folding or pressing it, or a line in a person’s skin, esp. in the face

Usage examples:

There were tiny creases in her eye shadow., [ t ] a frown creased mr. cuna’s boyish face.

verb

Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.

Usage examples:

She crimped the edge of the pie

noun

A folded or compressed edge.

Usage examples:

Anyway, hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks prett…

verb

To press something into small folds or curves

Usage examples:

She had her hair crimped.

noun

A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.

Usage examples:

A huge crowd gathered in the street outside

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

Usage examples:

The dance floor was crowded with revellers

noun

A large group of people who have gathered together

Usage examples:

A crowd formed outside the club., crowds of people watched the fireworks., i don’t know many people…

verb

Arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion.

Usage examples:

Little can be safely deduced from these figures

verb

To reach an answer by thinking about a general truth and its relationship to a specific situation

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] in an attempt to deduce what happened to the jet, investigators are looking at …

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

verb

Bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.

Usage examples:

Sam folded up the map

noun

A form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.

Usage examples:

The fabric fell in soft folds

verb

Shut (livestock) in a fold.

verb

Assemble or gather together.

Usage examples:

Most of the students had foregathered by this time

verb

Gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).

Usage examples:

The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence

noun

A granary.

Usage examples:

The upper floor also contains garners for storing unmalted and malted grain.

verb

To get or earn something valuable or respected, often with difficulty

Usage examples:

Coppola garnered several oscars for his movie, "the godfather."

verb

Perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something).

Usage examples:

Behind her she could hear men's voices

noun

A stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded.

Usage examples:

He came back to rescue his little hoard of gold

verb

Accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.

Usage examples:

Thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector

verb

To collect a large supply of something, more than you need now, often because you think you will not be able to get it later

Usage examples:

Many people hoarded food in wartime.

verb

Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

Usage examples:

From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing

verb

To reach an opinion from available information or facts

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] he inferred that she was not interested in a relationship from what she said in h…

noun

An officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Usage examples:

Marshal tito

verb

Assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.

Usage examples:

The general marshalled his troops

verb

To gather or organize people or things, esp. in order to achieve a particular aim

Usage examples:

The president is trying to marshal support for his plan., the mayor was the honorary grand marshal …

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

verb

Arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone).

Usage examples:

A week later i met him in the street

noun

A gathering of riders and hounds before a hunt begins.

Usage examples:

She fell from her horse during a weekend meet

adjective

Suitable or proper.

Usage examples:

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour

verb

Assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.

Usage examples:

17,000 men had been mustered on haldon hill

noun

A formal gathering of troops, especially for inspection, display, or exercise.

Usage examples:

He attended the musters, which were called to train all able-bodied men

verb

Summon up, call forth, or bring together

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

noun

A double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side.

Usage examples:

It has a tailored collar with top button loop, hemmed sleeves, matte pearl buttons, a double-layer …

verb

Fold into pleats.

Usage examples:

She was absently pleating her skirt between her fingers

verb

(especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.

Usage examples:

The child's face puckered, ready to cry

noun

A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold.

Usage examples:

A pucker between his eyebrows

verb

To press together and form small folds in something such as cloth or skin

Usage examples:

She puckered her lips and gave her grandma a kiss., [ m ] this hem is all puckered up., puckers wer…

verb

(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion.

Usage examples:

De montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry

noun

A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause.

Usage examples:

A rally attended by around 100,000 people

verb

Subject (someone) to good-humoured ridicule; tease.

Usage examples:

He rallied her on the length of her pigtail

verb

Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

Usage examples:

The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

noun

A strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.

verb

To make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence

Usage examples:

[ t ] it ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond., a sudden, strong breeze ruffl…

phrasal verb

Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

phrasal verb

To save for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

He sets aside some time every day to read to his children., after melting the chocolate, set it asi…

phrasal verb

To save something, especially money, for a special purpose

Usage examples:

Businesses that create new jobs are eligible for a tax credit, for which the state currently sets a…

verb

Gather (an area of fabric or part of a garment) by means of drawn or elasticized threads in parallel rows.

Usage examples:

I shirred the waist and the back panel

verb

If you shirr cloth, you pull it into small folds by sewing a number of threads through it and then pulling the threads tight

Usage examples:

This top is shirred across the bodice., she wore a long shirred skirt., i ate a plate of shirred eg…

idiom

Save up, as for future use

phrasal verb

Hide money or something of value in a safe place.

Usage examples:

The money was squirrelled away in foreign bank accounts

phrasal verb

To hide or store something, especially money, in order to use it in the future

Usage examples:

As soon as i get paid, i squirrel some money away so i won't be tempted to spend it.

noun

A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency.

Usage examples:

A stockpile of sandbags was being prepared

verb

Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials).

Usage examples:

He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled

noun

A large amount of goods kept ready for future use

Usage examples:

A stockpile of wheat, she stockpiled chocolate bars in her car.

noun

A quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed.

Usage examples:

The squirrel has a store of food

verb

Keep or accumulate (something) for future use.

Usage examples:

A small room used for storing furniture

noun

A place where you can buy goods or services

Usage examples:

A grocery/hardware/video store, convenience/department stores, she has a store of anecdotes (= a la…

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

verb

Ask to come

verb

To order someone come to a particular place, or to officially tell someone to be present

Usage examples:

The president summoned an emergency meeting of his advisers., i have been summoned to appear in cou…

verb

Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Usage examples:

He surmised that something must be wrong

noun

A supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it.

Usage examples:

Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed

verb

To decide that something is true without having complete information or proof

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] i quickly surmised (that) my dinner companion was something of a bore.

phrase

Assume.

Usage examples:

I take it that someone is coming to meet you

phrasal verb

To completely understand the meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

I had to read the letter twice before i could take it all in., his aunt took him in when he first c…

phrasal verb

To include something

Usage examples:

A comprehensive carbon tax that took in other fuels, such as coal, would be much greener than just …

verb

Have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.

Usage examples:

She thought that nothing would be the same again

noun

An act of thinking.

Usage examples:

I went for a walk to have a think

Judge or regard; look upon; judge

verb

Push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide or secure them.

Usage examples:

He tucked his shirt into his trousers

noun

A flattened, stitched fold in a garment or material, typically one of several parallel folds put in a garment for shortening, tightening, or decoration.

Usage examples:

A dress with tucks along the bodice

verb

Make a tuck or several folds in

verb

Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).

Usage examples:

He didn't understand a word i said

verb

Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

verb

To know the meaning of something, or to know how a person feels and why the person behaves in a particular way

Usage examples:

[ + question word ] i don’t understand what he means., [ t ] is there anyone here who understands e…