Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingathering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: in-gath-er-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ingather

noun

The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest

Example Sentences

"And, across the gleaming beaches, lo! the mighty flow and fall Of the great ingathering waters thundering under Wamberal!"
"From that day and hour it was clear that there was not to be so successful an ingathering after all."
"The peasant obtained also the seed, but this he was obliged to return to the state after the ingathering of the harvest."
"Not until the ingathering are we talking about Eden."
"... infuses a rich ingathering of information and analysis with the narrative power of a McMurtry, ..."

Inflected Forms

ingatherings (plural)

Synonyms

solicitation appeal collection

Questions

What does ingathering mean?: present participle and gerund of ingather

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