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1) a gathering to see a play, hear a speaker, singer etc (audience)

2) (the season for) the cutting and gathering in of grain and other food crops; quantity obtained (harvest)

3) a merry meeting; a large gathering of Scouts (jamboree)

4) (of people) to come together from different places by arrangement or by accident; a gathering of people, especially on horses to go after a fox (meet)

5) an official gathering of soldiers etc, especially for a ceremony (parade)

6) a gathering of people for pleasure; a group of people united in policy and opinion, in support of a case, especially in politics (party)

7) a large public gathering for a political or social cause; (in tennis) an exchange of several strokes (rally)

8) living in groups, not separately; an informal gathering for eating, dancing etc, especially organized by a club (social)

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Meaning:
assembly

a group of people who have come together for a particular purpose

congregation

audience

a gathering to see a play, hear a speaker, singer etc

group observing an entertainment or sporting event

bunch

a collection of the same fruit etc growing together

collection of something

cluster

a group of things of the same kind growing closely together

group of something

collection

(an instance of) collecting things

group, accumulation

company

the state of being together with another or others

crowd of people

compilation

(a result of) compiling

assemblage

congregation

a group of people (especially taking part in religious worship)

assembled group, especially concerned with church-going

council

a group of people appointed, elected or chosen to give advice, make rules, carry out plans, manage affairs etc, especially of government

people assembled for purpose

crop

a yearly (or season's) produce of grain, fruit etc

harvest of fruit, vegetable

crush

a crowd of people pressed together

crowd of animate beings

flock

a group of birds, sheep or goats; a crowd of people

congregation

fold

a part (of a card, paper etc) that is folded

double thickness

forum

(in ancient Rome) a public place for meeting

meeting

frill

a pleated border on a dress etc

luxury, nice touch

group

a number of people or things gathered or placed together, or naturally associated

number of individuals collectively

harvest

(the season for) the cutting and gathering in of grain and other food crops; quantity obtained

crops; taking in of crops

heap

a number (of things), mass (of material), piled up; a large quantity

pile, accumulation

herd

a number of animals, especially cattle, feeding or going about together

large group

horde

a great number

uncontrolled throng, pack

huddle

a number of people or things close together without any order

assemblage, crowd, often disorganized

imminent

likely to come or happen very soon

at hand, on the way

interface

an edge, point of contact, shared between two things; an apparatus used to join two different computer parts

link, connection

jamboree

a merry meeting; a large gathering of Scouts

noisy celebration

jubilee

a celebration of a special anniversary of some event, especially the start of a king's or queen's reign

noisy celebration

junction

(an instance of) joining or being joined

connection

lapel

a front part of a coat or jacket that is folded back and forms part of the collar

fold

levy

(an act, demand, amount of) money collected

assessment, tax

million

(of) one thousand thousand (1 000 000)

heap

mob

a disorganized crowd, especially one that has gathered to make trouble or attack; a gang of criminals

large group of people

mortise

a shaped hole cut in a piece of wood to receive the end of another piece (the tenon)

link, connection

multiplicity

a large variety or number

heap

parliament

a supreme law-making assembly (in GB the House of Commons and the House of Lords)

legislature

plica

fold

fold

quintet

(a piece of music for) five players or singers

collection

reams

a great quantity (of writing)

heap

reception

an act of receiving or being received; a formal social occasion at which guests are received

acceptance; acknowledgment

ruck

irregular fold or crease (especially in cloth)

fold

salon

a meeting of fashionable, intelligent etc people at the house of a rich and famous lady (especially in Paris)

gathering room

seance

a meeting for communicating with the spirits of the dead through a medium

divination

sitin

(of workers, students etc) to sit down in a factory, building etc and refuse to leave (as a protest)

congregation

slew

of slay

heap

throng

a large crowd

large crowd

trillion

(GB) one million million million; (US) one million million

heap

troop

a group of people or animals, especially when moving; to move as a group

military

wad

a lump of soft material used to keep things apart or in place, or to stop up a hole; a collection (of banknotes, documents etc) folded or rolled together

ball of something

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