CONGREGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does congregate mean?
• CONGREGATE (adjective)
The adjective CONGREGATE has 1 sense:
1. brought together into a group or crowd
Familiarity information: CONGREGATE used as an adjective is very rare.
• CONGREGATE (verb)
The verb CONGREGATE has 1 sense:
1. come together, usually for a purpose
Familiarity information: CONGREGATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONGREGATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Brought together into a group or crowd
Synonyms:
accumulated; amassed; assembled; congregate; massed; collected
Context example:
the accumulated letters in my office
Similar:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
• CONGREGATE (verb)
Meaning:
Come together, usually for a purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve
Hypernyms (to "congregate" is one way to...):
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The crowds congregate in the streets
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