It's simply a noun, using the gerund tense.
The noun 'gathering' is a gerund, the present participle of the verb to gather used as a noun. The noun 'gathering' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a group of people meeting together; the action of collecting of food or materials from the wild; a word for a thing.
Noun forms of the verb to collect are collector, collection, and the gerund, collecting.
Noun forms of the verb to collect are collector, collection, and the gerund, collecting.
The noun 'kind' is an abstract noun. There is no form for kind that is a concrete noun.
The noun 'kind' is an abstact noun as a word for a type or class. The abstract noun form of the adjective "kind" is "kindness".
It's no kind of noun it is an adjective. The noun is ravenousness.
The the noun 'kind' is an abstract noun as a word for type or class; having similar characteristics.The abstract noun for kind is kindness.
collecting berries geting fish
The word 'kind' is both an adjective and a noun. The noun kind, a singular, common, abstract noun is a word for a group of individuals or instances sharing common traits; a category.The noun forms for the adjective kind are kindness and kindliness.
It isn’t a noun at all. Replaces a noun.
A common noun
they enjoyed collecting gold