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congregatecongregate /ˈkɑŋgrəˌgeɪt/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYcongregateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of congregare, from com- + grex crowd VERB TABLEcongregate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | congregate | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | congregated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have congregated | | he, she, it | has congregated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had congregated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will congregate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have congregated |
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| Present | I | am congregating | | he, she, it | is congregating | | you, we, they | are congregating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was congregating | | you, we, they | were congregating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been congregating | | he, she, it | has been congregating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been congregating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be congregating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been congregating |
THESAURUSsee somebody at an arranged place► meet to come to the same place as someone else because you have arranged to find him or her there: We’re going to meet at 11:00. I’ll meet you guys downtown at 7:00. ► get together informal to meet people, especially friends and family, to spend time together: We all got together at my house for a cookout. ► gather if people gather somewhere they all come to the same place to do or see something: Fans have started to gather outside the stadium. ► assemble formal to gather, especially in an organized way: If the fire alarm sounds, please assemble in the parking lot and report to your manager. ► come together if people come together, they meet because they all share a purpose: People came together from miles away to attend his funeral. ► congregate to gather. Used especially about a large number of people who gather in one place: A group of protesters had congregated outside. ► convene formal to come together for a formal meeting, or to ask people to do this: The committee will convene again in two weeks. ► run into/bump into informal to meet someone you know when you are doing something else: I ran into Theo at the grocery store last night. to come together in a group: Insects tend to congregate on the underside of leaves.► see thesaurus at meet1 [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin, past participle of congregare, from com- + grex crowd] |