Meaning of gathered in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    gathered

    Definitions

    1. having accumulated or become more intense

    Examples

    • « the deepened gloom »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    gathered

    Definitions

    1. brought together in one place

    Examples

    • « the collected works of Milton »
    • « the gathered folds of the skirt »

    Antonyms

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  • « Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership. »
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  • « The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. »
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  • « I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. »
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  • « Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In the evenings, families gathered on their verandas waiting for the 'southerly buster' - the thunderstorm that would break the heat and leave the air cool enough to allow sleep. »
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  • « During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline. »
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