Definitions for Congregate
ˈkɒŋ grɪˌgeɪt; ˈkɒŋ grɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪtcon·gre·gate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. congregateverb

   come together, usually for a purpose

   "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. congregateverb

   To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

2. congregateverb

   To come together; to assemble; to meet.

3. congregateadjective

   Collected; compact; close.

4. Etymology: congregatus, past participle of congregare; from con- + gregare, from grex. See gregarious.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Congregateadjective

   Collected; campact.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Where the matter is most congregate, the cold is the greater. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 72.

2. To CONGREGATEverb

   To collect together; to assemble; to bring into one place.

   Etymology: congrego, Lat.

   Any multitude of Christian men congregated, may be termed by the name of a church. Richard Hooker, b. iii. sect. 1.

   These waters were afterwards congregated, and called the sea. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   Tempests themselves, high seas, and howling winds,
   The gutter’d rocks and congregated sands,
   As having sense of beauty, do omit
   Their mortal natures. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   The dry land, earth; and the great receptacle
   Of congregated waters, he call’d seas;
   And saw that it was good. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.

   Heat congregates homogeneal bodies, and separates heterogeneal ones. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   Light, congregated by a burning glass, acts most upon sulphureous bodies, to turn them into fire. Isaac Newton, Opt.

3. To Congregateverb

   To assemble; to meet; to gather together.

   He rails,
   Ev’n there where merchants most do congregate,
   On me, my bargains. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   ’Tis true, (as the old proverb doth relate)
   Equals with equals often congregate. John Denham.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. congregate

   Congregate is a verb which means to come together in a group or crowd, or to gather in one location, typically for a specific purpose. It can refer to people, animals or things. It often implies a coming together for social, religious or political functions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Congregateadjective

   collected; compact; close

2. Congregateverb

   to collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact

3. Congregateverb

   to come together; to assemble; to meet

4. Etymology: [L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Congregate

   kong′gre-gāt, v.t. to gather together: to assemble.—v.i. to flock together.—p.adj. Congregat′ed, assembled: aggregated.—n. Congregā′tion, the act of congregating: an assemblage of persons or things: (O.T.) a name given to the children of Israel: a body of people united to worship in a particular church: the name given to the body of Protestant Reformers in Scotland in the time of Mary.—adj. Congregā′tional, pertaining to a congregation.—ns. Congregā′tionalism, a form of church government in which each congregation is independent in the management of its own affairs—also called Independency; Congregā′tionalist, adherent of Congregationalism. [L. congregāre, -ātum—con, together, and grex, gregis, a flock.]

Matched Categories

1. • Gather

How to pronounce Congregate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Congregate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Congregate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Congregate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Congregate in a Sentence

1. Anthony Fauci:

   We've got to start right now getting anybody who's eligible … to get them boosted, and, we've got realize that when you're in a situation where you're having 80-plus-thousand new cases a day, when you're in an indoor setting in which you don't know the vaccine status of the people in a congregate setting [indoors], you should wear a mask.

2. Deborah Diamant:

   We will monitor the Department of Homeless Services’ (DHS) compliance with today’s order, and expect DHS to follow its legal obligations to ensure that our clients with disabilities and/or medical conditions are assigned to placements that best meet their needs, however, we are disappointed that we had to seek judicial intervention to force DHS to end its feverish rush to exit hotels and send individuals back to congregate shelters where they are at greater risk for contracting the virus that causes COVID-19.

3. Public Affairs Officer Rod Kise:

   Per longstanding practice, when long-term holding solutions aren’t possible, some migrants will be processed for removal, provided a Notice to Appear, and released into the U.S. to await a future immigration hearing. As the administration reviews the current immigration process, balancing it against the ongoing pandemic, we will continue to use all current authorities to avoid keeping individuals in a congregate setting for any length of time.

4. Jeff Zients:

   We're making an additional $ 1.6 billion investment in American Rescue Plan funding to bolster testing and mitigation measures in high-risk congregate settings.

5. Angela Gittens:

   Most airports were not built to have people congregate at doors, and every time you stop people, you're interfering with what airports were supposed to be doing. You're trapping people in a line where if something did happen these people would not be able to scatter.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Congregate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Congregate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Congregate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Congregate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Congregate