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con·gre·gate

 (kŏng′grĭ-gāt′)
tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates
To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather.
adj. (-gĭt)
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; see ger- in Indo-European roots).]

con′gre·ga′tive adj.
con′gre·ga′tor n.
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congregate

vb
to collect together in a body or crowd; assemble
adj
1. collected together; assembled
2. relating to collecting; collective
[C15: from Latin congregāre to collect into a flock, from grex flock]
ˈcongreˌgative adj
ˈcongreˌgativeness n
ˈcongreˌgator n
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con•gre•gate

(v. ˈkɒŋ grɪˌgeɪt; adj. ˈkɒŋ grɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt)

v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing,
adj. v.i., v.t.
1. to come or bring together in a crowd, body, or mass; assemble, esp. in large numbers; collect.
adj.
2. congregated; assembled.
3. formed by collecting; collective.
4. of or pertaining to group housing that combines individual living quarters with communal facilities for food, care, and recreation.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin congregātus, past participle of congregāre to form into a flock or group =con- con- + -gregāre, derivative of grex flock; compare gregarious]
con′gre•ga`tive, adj.
con′gre•ga`tive•ness, n.
con′gre•ga`tor, n.
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congregate


Past participle: congregated
Gerund: congregating

Imperative
congregate
congregate
Present
I congregate
you congregate
he/she/it congregates
we congregate
you congregate
they congregate
Preterite
I congregated
you congregated
he/she/it congregated
we congregated
you congregated
they congregated
Present Continuous
I am congregating
you are congregating
he/she/it is congregating
we are congregating
you are congregating
they are congregating
Present Perfect
I have congregated
you have congregated
he/she/it has congregated
we have congregated
you have congregated
they have congregated
Past Continuous
I was congregating
you were congregating
he/she/it was congregating
we were congregating
you were congregating
they were congregating
Past Perfect
I had congregated
you had congregated
he/she/it had congregated
we had congregated
you had congregated
they had congregated
Future
I will congregate
you will congregate
he/she/it will congregate
we will congregate
you will congregate
they will congregate
Future Perfect
I will have congregated
you will have congregated
he/she/it will have congregated
we will have congregated
you will have congregated
they will have congregated
Future Continuous
I will be congregating
you will be congregating
he/she/it will be congregating
we will be congregating
you will be congregating
they will be congregating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been congregating
you have been congregating
he/she/it has been congregating
we have been congregating
you have been congregating
they have been congregating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been congregating
you will have been congregating
he/she/it will have been congregating
we will have been congregating
you will have been congregating
they will have been congregating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been congregating
you had been congregating
he/she/it had been congregating
we had been congregating
you had been congregating
they had been congregating
Conditional
I would congregate
you would congregate
he/she/it would congregate
we would congregate
you would congregate
they would congregate
Past Conditional
I would have congregated
you would have congregated
he/she/it would have congregated
we would have congregated
you would have congregated
they would have congregated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.congregate - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
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congregate

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congregate

verb
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Translations
يَجْتَمِع، يَحْتَشِد
shromáždit seshromažďovat se
forsamle sig
safnast saman
kongregacijaparapija
sapulcētiessapulcināt

congregate

[ˈkɒŋgrɪgeɪt] VIreunirse, congregarse
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congregate

[ˈkɒŋgrɪgeɪt] vise rassembler, se réunir
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congregate

visich sammeln; (on a particular occasion) → sich versammeln; to be congregated in …sich sammeln/versammeln in (+dat)
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congregate

[ˈkɒŋgrɪˌgeɪt] viradunarsi, congregarsi, riunirsi
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congregate

(ˈkoŋgrigeit) verb
to come or bring together. A large crowd congregated in the street.
ˌcongreˈgation noun
a group gathered together, especially people in a church for a service, or belonging to a church. The minister visited all the members of his congregation.
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In accordance with this rule it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house somewhere in the Vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old churchyard of King's Chapel.
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Here we found congregated all those who dwelt in our section of the valley; and here we bathed with them.
But, the turning of the road took him by the back of the booth, and at the back of the booth a number of children were congregated in a number of stealthy attitudes, striving to peep in at the hidden glories of the place.
They went a little apart from the knot of people who had congregated about the coach, and fell upon each other's neck, and sobbed, and wept with joy.
I sent one of the prisoners ashore to demand an immediate sur-render; but as he told me afterward they wouldn't be-lieve all that he told them, so they congregated on the cliff-top and shot futile arrows at us.
He remarked that the bulls and cows generally congregated in separate herds.