foregathering

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noun

A gathering together; an assembly.

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Meanings

nounforegathering (plural foregatherings)

plural foregatherings · alternative forgathering

  1. A gathering together; an assembly.

    [I]n all our foregatherings she was careful to sit as far from Felicity as possible.

    1911, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 19, in The Story Girl
    1 more example

    The very pure source […] is the snowy mountain-peak above. There, eternally, goes on the white foregathering of the crystals, out of the deathly cold of the heavens; […]

    1916, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Return Journey”, in Twilight in Italy, London: Duckworth and Co. […], →OCLC, page 280
verb

alternative forgathering

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of foregather

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
assembly
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APA

foregathering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregathering

MLA

“foregathering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregathering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foregathering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregathering.

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