{
    "term": "gathering",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a meeting of people for a particular purpose",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **social/family gathering**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was asked to speak at a gathering of religious leaders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're having a small family gathering to mark our wedding anniversary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "While the country was under martial law there was a ban on public gatherings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president addressed a gathering of local government officials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all go to my parents' at Christmas for the annual gathering of the clan."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "small"],
                "verb + gathering": ["attend", "go to", "have"],
                "gathering + verb": ["take place"],
                "preposition": ["gathering of"],
                "phrases": ["a gathering of the clan/​clans"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of collecting something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "methods of information gathering"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["information", "intelligence"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡæðərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gathering/gathering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡæðərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ga/gathering/gathering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}