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{
"term": "gathering",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a meeting of people for a particular purpose",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **social/family gathering**"
},
{
"text": "He was asked to speak at a gathering of religious leaders."
},
{
"text": "We're having a small family gathering to mark our wedding anniversary."
},
{
"text": "While the country was under martial law there was a ban on public gatherings."
},
{
"text": "The president addressed a gathering of local government officials."
},
{
"text": "We all go to my parents' at Christmas for the annual gathering of the clan."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "large", "small"],
"verb + gathering": ["attend", "go to", "have"],
"gathering + verb": ["take place"],
"preposition": ["gathering of"],
"phrases": ["a gathering of the clan/clans"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the process of collecting something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "methods of information gathering"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["information", "intelligence"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡæðərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ga/gathering/gathering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡæðərɪŋ/",
"audio": "ga/gathering/gathering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}