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- [in-gath-er-ing]
- /ˈɪnˌgæð ər ɪŋ/
- /ˈɪn.ɡæ.ðər.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-gath-er-ing]
- /ˈɪnˌgæð ər ɪŋ/
Definitions of ingathering word
- noun ingathering a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest. 1
- noun ingathering a gathering together, as of persons; assembly. 1
- verb with object ingathering to gather or bring in, as a harvest. 1
- verb without object ingathering to collect; assemble. 1
- noun ingathering Present participle of ingather. 1
- noun ingathering The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest. 0
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Origin of ingathering
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35; in-1 + gathering
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Parts of speech for Ingathering
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ingathering popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
ingathering usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ingathering
noun ingathering
- output — the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.
- intake — the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- result — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- summer — a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
verb ingathering
- draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- cull — If items or ideas are culled from a particular source or number of sources, they are taken and gathered together.
- glean — to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- pluck — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
Antonyms for ingathering
noun ingathering
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
verb ingathering
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
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