congregate

English

Etymology

Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“to congregate”); from con- (“with, together”) + gregare (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹə.ɡeɪt/, SAMPA: /"kQN.gr@.geIt/

Adjective

congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)

1. (rare) Collected; compact; close.

Verb

congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)

1. (transitive): To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
   • Hooker,

     Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.

   • Coleridge,

     Cold congregates all bodies.

   • Milton,

   The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.

2. (intransitive): To come together; to assemble; to meet.
   • William Shakespeare,

     Even there where merchants most do congregate.

Related terms

• congregation

Translations

To collect into an assembly or assemblage

Bulgarian: струпвам (bg) Interlingua: congregar (ia)

Spanish: congregar (es)

To come together; to assemble; to meet

Bulgarian: събирам се (bg), струпвам се (bg) Finnish: kokoontua (fi), kerääntyä (fi)

Interlingua: congregar se (ia) Spanish: congregarse (es)

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Italian

Verb

congregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of congregare
2. second-person plural imperative of congregare
3. Feminine plural of congregato

Anagrams

• conteggerà

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Latin

Verb

congregāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of congregō