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GATHER, COLLECT, ASSEMBLE, CONGREGATE mean to come together or bring together into a group, mass, or unit.

GATHER is the most general term for bringing or coming together from a spread-out or scattered state.

e.g. a crowd quickly gathered

COLLECT often implies careful selection or orderly arrangement.

e.g. collected books on gardening

ASSEMBLE implies an ordered union or organization of persons or things often for a definite purpose.

e.g. experts assembled for a conference

CONGREGATE implies a spontaneous flocking together into a crowd or huddle.

e.g. congregating under a shelter

GATHER, COLLECT, and ASSEMBLE mean to come together or bring together.

GATHER is used for the coming or bringing together of different kinds of things.

e.g. They gathered all the goods in the house and sold them.

COLLECT is used for a careful or orderly gathering of things that are often of one kind.

e.g. It's fun to collect coins.

ASSEMBLE is used for a gathering of units into an orderly whole.

e.g. The choir assembled and started to sing.

1. no object come together; assemble or accumulate:

〈人々･物が〉 «…の周りに» 集まる, 群がる((a)round, about) «(a)round»

e.g. a crowd gathered in the square.

2. with object bring together and take in from scattered places or sources:

〈物･人〉を集める, かき［拾い］集める(up, together)

e.g. we have gathered the information.

pick up from the ground or a surface:

e.g. they gathered up the dirty plates and cups.

collect (grain or other crops) as a harvest:

〈花など〉を摘む; 〈作物など〉を収穫する(in)

e.g. the harvest of wheat and barley had been gathered in.

collect plants, fruits, etc., for food:

e.g. the Bushmen live by hunting and gathering.

draw together or toward oneself:

e.g. she gathered the child in her arms.

3. with object develop a higher degree of:

(次第に)〈速度･力･強さなど〉を増す

e.g. the green movement is gathering pace.

4. with object infer; understand:

【見聞きしたことから】…を推測する «from» ; 〖～(that)節〗 …だと推測する［思う］ (!進行形にしない)

e.g. her clients were, I gathered, a prosperous group.

5. with object summon up (a mental or physical attribute such as one's thoughts or strength) for a purpose:

〈勇気･思考など〉をふるい起こす, 集中する(up)

e.g. he lay gathering his thoughts together

e.g. he gathered himself for a tremendous leap.

6. with object draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:

〈布〉にひだ［ギャザー］を寄せる; 〈服〉をかき寄せる, たくし上げる

e.g. the front is gathered at the waist.

noun (gathers)

a part of a garment that is gathered or drawn in.

〖～s〗 (布の)ひだ, ギャザー

(of a ship) begin to move:

e.g. slowly the two tugs gathered way.

gatherer |ˈɡaT͟H(ə)rər| noun

Old English gaderian, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaderen, also to together.

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