[1042] congregate

[보카길라잡이]

tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates

To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather.

adj. (-g t)

1. Gathered; assembled.
2. Involving a group: congregate living facilities for senior citizens.

congregate

adj : brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office" [syn: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collected, massed]

v : come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

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<관련: 어근 greg(=flock,mob)>

  -  aggregate [af<ad(to)+greg]

adj 1: gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregated, aggregative, mass]

2: formed of separate units in a cluster; "raspberries are aggregate fruits"

n 1: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: congeries, conglomeration]

2: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality]

v 1: amount in the aggregate to

2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: combine]

   -  segregate  [se(away)+greg]

v 1: separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" [ant: desegregate] 2: divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" 3: separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun degregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

  -  gregarious

adj 1: tending to form a group with others of the same kind; "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious animal" [ant: ungregarious]

2: seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a gregarious person who avoids solitude"

  -  egregious [e<ex(out)+ greg]

adj : conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]

Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, gross, egregious, rank
² These adjectives refer to what is conspicuously bad or offensive. Flagrant applies to what is so offensive that it cannot escape notice: flagrant disregard for the law. What is glaring is blatantly and painfully manifest: a glaring error; glaring contradictions. Gross suggests a magnitude of offense or failing that cannot be condoned or forgiven: gross ineptitude; gross injustice. What is egregious is outrageously bad: an egregious lie. Rank implies that the term it qualifies is as indicated to an extreme, violent, or gross degree: rank stupidity; rank treachery.

[마으므로]

A crowd quickly congregated (round the speaker). (연설자 주위로) 관중이 재빨리 모여들었다

[김유미]

congregate 많이 모으다, 모이다, 집합하다