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Definition: Gathering Place |
Gathering PlaceNoun1. A favorite haunt where people gather. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Focus | Noun: focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot; (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gathering Place |
| Specialty definitions using "gathering place": HOST/HOSTESS. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Crane at a "central" gathering place for sugar cane crop, vicinity of San Sebastion [i.e. Sebastian], Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Burma | In Rangoon during the year, authorities closed more than 80 home-churches (a traditional gathering place for many Christians) because their operators did not have proper authorizations to hold religious meetings. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the gathering place | 63 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gathering place"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Arabic | ملتقى (concourse, meeting place, rendezvous). (various references) | ||||
Indonesian | perkampungan (group of villages, settlement). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 溜まり (arrears, collected things), 溜り (arrears, collected things). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | たまり (arrears, collected things). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | atheringgay aceplay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pentatoma rufipes, Tropicoris rufipes. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-g-h-i-l-n-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: telegraphing. | |
-3 letters: paragenetic, praelecting, telegraphic. | |
-4 letters: altarpiece, antechapel, aphaeretic, arpeggiate, chaptering, chatelaine, epicentral, gearchange, lacerating, leathering, lighterage, penetralia, preethical, pregenital, preheating, prelecting, regelating, relegating, repatching, reteaching, telphering. | |
-5 letters: analeptic, analgetic, antiglare, archangel, caliphate, carpeting, cartilage, chatelain, chelating, clientage, earthling, encephala, gathering, genetical, graphical, haltering, hepaticae, heretical, interlace, laagering, lathering, lechering, lengthier, lethargic, lightener, paltering. | |
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