gather
/ˈɡæðɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with."
- "She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair."
- "We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane."
- "Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs."
- "People gathered round as he began to tell his story."
- "Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰedʰ-, gaderen, gaderian, *gadurōn
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡæðɚ/
- British English: /ˈɡæðə/