1. a group of people who have come together for a particular purpose
2. the action of collecting or bringing together

1. present participle of gather

Examples

• The family gathering included relatives from three different states.
• There was a large gathering of protesters in the town square.
• The gathering of evidence took several weeks to complete.
• She was gathering flowers from the garden for a bouquet.
• Dark clouds were gathering on the horizon before the storm.
• The gathering crowd made it difficult to move through the street.
• We're gathering information about local schools for our research project.