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What is another word for gather around?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈaðəɹ ɐɹˈa͡ʊnd] (IPA)

"Gather around" is a commonly used phrase to indicate a group of people coming together for a meeting, discussion, or activity. However, there are several synonyms for this phrase that can be used to add variety to one's writing or speech. Some examples are "assemble," "congregate," "cluster," "huddle," "meet up," "come together," "amass," "muster," "round up," and "collect." Each of these phrases carries a slightly different connotation and can be chosen based on the purpose or tone of the event, making language more nuanced and interesting.
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  • Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
    Jean Paul
  • Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.
    Matthew Simpson
  • The Church is founded upon God’s self-revelation to his people. This revelation is made in events in which God intervenes in human history, acting to unite people to himself here and for all eternity. People gather around these events and become a community, God’s people.
    Francis Cardinal George
  • In 2000, in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival, 10 preeminent Canadian filmmakers were asked to create short films. Staying true to her thematic preoccupation with artists, audiences and their relationship, Rozema's contribution was , a six-minute wordless, experimental piece about hope — the hope of audiences, actors and filmmakers who gather around films at festivals.
    Patricia Rozema
  • In consequence of my ill luck my life was again made a misery to me, so that I again ran away and went hawking on my own account, but my deformity had grown to such an extent, so that I could not move about the town without having a crowd of people gather around me. I then went into the infirmary at Leicester, where I remained for two or three years, when I had to undergo an operation on my face, having three or four ounces of flesh cut away; so thought I, I'll get my living by being exhibited about the country. Knowing Mr. Sam Torr, Gladstone Vaults, Wharf Street, Leicester, went in for Novelties, I wrote to him, he came to see me, and soon arranged matters, recommending me to Mr. Ellis, Bee-hive Inn, Nottingham, from whom I received the greatest kindness and attention. In making my first appearance before the public, who have treated me well — in fact I may say I am as comfortable now as I was uncomfortable before. I must now bid my kind readers adieu.
    Joseph Merrick

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