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Dictionary: con·gre·gate   (kŏng'grĭ-gāt') pronunciation
tr. & intr.v., -gat·ed, -gat·ing, -gates.
To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See synonyms at gather.

adj. (-gĭt)
  1. Gathered; assembled.
  2. Involving a group: congregate living facilities for senior citizens.

[Middle English congregaten, from Latin congregāre, congregāt- : com-, com- + gregāre, to assemble (from grex, greg-, herd).]

congregative con'gre·ga'tive adj.
congregativeness con'gre·ga'tive·ness n.
congregator con'gre·ga'tor n.

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verb

  1. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, round up, summon. See collect/distribute.
  2. To come together: assemble, cluster, collect, convene, forgather, gather, get together, group, muster. See collect/distribute.

Antonyms: congregate
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v

Definition: assemble, come together
Antonyms: divide, scatter, separate


WordNet: congregate
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: move together
  Synonyms: gather, collect


The adjective congregate has one meaning:

Meaning #1: brought together into a group or crowd
  Synonyms: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collected, massed


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - samle
v. intr. - samle sig
adj. - forsamlet

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenkomen

Français (French)
v. tr. - rassembler
v. intr. - se rassembler, s'assembler
adj. - rassemblé, réuni

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich sammeln
adj. - angesammelt, kollektiv

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συναθροίζω/-ομαι, συνάζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
riunirsi, adunarsi, radunarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - congregar, congregar-se

Русский (Russian)
собираться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - congregar, reunir, juntar
v. intr. - congregarse, reunirse, juntarse
adj. - congregado, reunido, junto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - samlas, sammanföra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使聚集, 使集合, 聚集, 集合, 集合在一起的, 集体的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使聚集, 使集合
v. intr. - 聚集, 集合
adj. - 集合在一起的, 集體的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 모으다
v. intr. - 모이다, 집합하다
adj. - 모인, 집단적인

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 集まる
adj. - 集まった, 集団的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جمع, لم, تجمع, تجمهر, اجتمع, احتشد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התקהל‬
v. intr. - ‮הקהיל‬
adj. - ‮נקהל, נאסף‬


 
 
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