how to pronounce gather

/ˈɡæð.əɹ/

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gather is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gather in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I think the project will gather momentum …”

meaning of gather

Gather means to bring together or collect.

gather frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word gather occurs in english on average 15.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gather can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gather can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;