congregate

«congregate» in Mova's school dictionary: To come together and form a group or crowd in one place — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (congregate, congregates, congregated, congregating)

meaning for a pupil

1) To come together and form a group or crowd in one place. tree →

2) (church) To gather for worship. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature, animals congregate at waterholes or in flocks; in everyday life pupils congregate in the playground or at the school gate. In church life, people congregate for services, and the gathered people are called the «congregation». It tells the reader many people or animals are gathering. Formal; everyday words: «gather», «meet».

examples

• Pupils congregated around the noticeboard to see the results. tree →
• Starlings congregate in huge flocks in the evening. tree →
• People congregated in the square for the celebration. tree →
• Elephants congregate at the waterhole in the dry season. tree →
• The faithful congregated in the church for Easter. tree →
• Please don't congregate in the corridors. tree →

note

Regular verb: congregated, congregating. Noun: congregation (the people at a church service). It is more formal than «gather».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «congregate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.