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PRONUNCIATION OF FOREGATHER

foregather  [fɔːˈɡæðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREGATHER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foregather is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb foregather in English.

WHAT DOES FOREGATHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foregather in the English dictionary

The first definition of foregather in the dictionary is to gather together; assemble. Other definition of foregather is to meet, esp unexpectedly. Foregather is also to socialize.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOREGATHER

PRESENT

Present
I foregather
you foregather
he/she/it foregathers
we foregather
you foregather
they foregather
Present continuous
I am foregathering
you are foregathering
he/she/it is foregathering
we are foregathering
you are foregathering
they are foregathering
Present perfect
I have foregathered
you have foregathered
he/she/it has foregathered
we have foregathered
you have foregathered
they have foregathered
Present perfect continuous
I have been foregathering
you have been foregathering
he/she/it has been foregathering
we have been foregathering
you have been foregathering
they have been foregathering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I foregathered
you foregathered
he/she/it foregathered
we foregathered
you foregathered
they foregathered
Past continuous
I was foregathering
you were foregathering
he/she/it was foregathering
we were foregathering
you were foregathering
they were foregathering
Past perfect
I had foregathered
you had foregathered
he/she/it had foregathered
we had foregathered
you had foregathered
they had foregathered
Past perfect continuous
I had been foregathering
you had been foregathering
he/she/it had been foregathering
we had been foregathering
you had been foregathering
they had been foregathering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will foregather
you will foregather
he/she/it will foregather
we will foregather
you will foregather
they will foregather
Future continuous
I will be foregathering
you will be foregathering
he/she/it will be foregathering
we will be foregathering
you will be foregathering
they will be foregathering
Future perfect
I will have foregathered
you will have foregathered
he/she/it will have foregathered
we will have foregathered
you will have foregathered
they will have foregathered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been foregathering
you will have been foregathering
he/she/it will have been foregathering
we will have been foregathering
you will have been foregathering
they will have been foregathering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would foregather
you would foregather
he/she/it would foregather
we would foregather
you would foregather
they would foregather
Conditional continuous
I would be foregathering
you would be foregathering
he/she/it would be foregathering
we would be foregathering
you would be foregathering
they would be foregathering
Conditional perfect
I would have foregather
you would have foregather
he/she/it would have foregather
we would have foregather
you would have foregather
they would have foregather
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been foregathering
you would have been foregathering
he/she/it would have been foregathering
we would have been foregathering
you would have been foregathering
they would have been foregathering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you foregather
we let´s foregather
you foregather
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to foregather
Past participle
foregathered
Present Participle
foregathering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREGATHER


blather
ˈblæðə
Cather
ˈkæðə
forgather
fɔːˈɡæðə
gather
ˈɡæðə
ingather
ɪnˈɡæðə
regather
riːˈɡæðə
slather
ˈslæðə
upgather
ʌpˈɡæðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREGATHER

foreface
forefather
forefatherly
forefeel
forefeelingly
forefeet
forefend
forefinger
forefoot
forefront
foregleam
forego
foregoer
foregoing
foregone
foregone conclusion
foregoneness
foreground
foreground processing
foregut

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREGATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
father
feather
godfather
grandfather
great-grandfather
heather
Holy Father
lather
leather
other
Our Father
patent leather
rather
stepfather
sunbather
tail feather
weather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of foregather in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foregather» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOREGATHER

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The translations of foregather from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foregather» in English.

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偶遇
1,325 millions of speakers

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foregather
570 millions of speakers

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foregather
510 millions of speakers

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foregather
380 millions of speakers
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إجتمع
280 millions of speakers

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foregather
278 millions of speakers

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foregather
270 millions of speakers

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foregather
260 millions of speakers

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foregather
220 millions of speakers

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Foregather
190 millions of speakers

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foregather
180 millions of speakers

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foregather
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

foregather
85 millions of speakers

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Foregather
85 millions of speakers
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foregather
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

foregather
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परदेशी
75 millions of speakers

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foregather
70 millions of speakers

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foregather
65 millions of speakers

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foregather
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

foregather
40 millions of speakers

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foregather
30 millions of speakers
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foregather
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

foregather
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

foregather
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

foregather
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foregather

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREGATHER»

The term «foregather» is normally little used and occupies the 126.015 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREGATHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foregather» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foregather» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foregather

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREGATHER»

Discover the use of foregather in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foregather and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rehabilitation Monograph
What will be the result of too much foregather? 9. How can the amount of foregather be best determined? 10. How can the amount of undergather be best determined and how is undergather provided and how Is foregather provided? And what ...
United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education, 1919
2
Automotive Industries
Foregather or Toe-in of Wheels When the design is such that the normal rolling resistance of the wheels tends to produce moments about the knuckle pivots or when the wheels have undergather, one or both of which constructions are, we ...
3
Ship 16: The True Story of a German Surface Raider Atlantis
WHERE. WOLVES. FOREGATHER. THROUGH. THE periscope of U-43 the steamer on the sea line was British– unmistakably so. 'Fire One ... ! Fire Two ... ! Fire Three ... ! ' Three tracks of white carved across the water ... a dull explosion ... a ...
Ulrich Mohr, Arthur V. Sellwood, 2009
4
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
FOR- ehould do ao even if history were against us, but thii time it is Und. foregather. See foboather. forego. See fob-, fobs-, foregone conolueion. The phrase is used when an issue supposed to be still open has really been settled beforehand, ...
Henry Watson Fowler, 1994
5
My Mother's Lovers
She received an official summons, a fussy piece of creamy paper commanding her to appear in court for 'for disturbing the peace by permitting a Bantu Vocal Assembly to foregather on suburban premises in contravention of the health and  ...
Christopher Hope, 2006
6
The Michigan Alumnus
Foregather. At. Iowa. Bar. Meeting. IN connection with the Iowa State Bar Association at Des Moines, Iowa, on June 4, S, and 6, a Michigan Alumni Dinner was held on the Sth, in the Flamingo Room of Hotel Fort Des Moines, and the following ...
7
The Rotarian
Its red and green pharmacy globes will continue to allure; its citizens will foregather around the grocery store and the post- office; its service clubs will go right on striving to keep busy, and trying to cook up a vital issue with which to busy ...
8
ABA Journal
The Bees Will Foregather Where the Nectar Is Thickest We are dealing here with conjectures and imponderables. It may well be that direct popular vote will increase the weight of minority and urban interests by enabling their votes, wherever ...
9
A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes
So long Anand, as the Vajjians foregather thus often, and frequent the public meetings of their clan, so long they be expected not to decline, but to prosper” Like all Afghan's peoples, the Aryans had rules of endogamy and exogamy forbidding ...
Hamid Wahed Alikuzai, 2013
10
Tales From the Arabic (Complete)
For that I will never again foregather with any'?" Then the Khalif roseand Aboulhusn set before hima dish of roast goose andacake of manchetbread and sitting down, fell to cutting off morsels and feeding the Khalif therewith. They gave not ...
John Payne

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREGATHER»

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1
Prog Rock With Charles Hazlewood: the parallels between rock and …
I always picture Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds's creation as one of those people who foregather wherever book publishers reach ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
Robbie Rosen writes Hofstra alma mater
... Hofstra, to honor thy name we foregather / Rejoicing in voicing thy praises anew.” (University founder William Hofstra was Dutch-American.). «liherald.com, Apr 15»
3
Game of Life and Death: Can you dare odds and make it past 100?
If you foregather game, the Post offers seven ways that medical technology can see you through to your centenarian years, aiding doctors in ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Apr 15»
4
Stewart and Dudley ready to make history!
They will foregather and disperse from the old Wigtown Showfield, travel along the Moss of Cree road before turning towards Bladnoch and ... «The Galloway Gazette, Apr 15»
5
Enjoy the secret beauty of Western Algarve
... when guests foregather for cocktails on the terrace ready for a masterpiece of Portuguese cuisine, using the freshest of local ingredients. «ITCM, Mar 15»
6
WI Round Up
A large number of WI members will foregather. On April 20, the Berkshire spring council meeting will be held at the Hexagon Theatre in ... «Henley Standard, Mar 15»
7
What's the job behind the look?
Sometimes Flog It resembles the annual convention of the Weird Scarf Wearers Association whenever the experts foregather. I once saw Philip ... «Isle of Wight County Press, Apr 14»
8
The Noble Conrad
In The Secret Agent, published ten years before the Russian Revolution, revolutionary dreamers and agitators foregather in Verloc's living quarters behind a ... «City Journal, Mar 14»
9
Lahore and modernity
It is crowded with merchants, who foregather there from all over Asia. In all these respects, it excels other cities, as also in the huge quantity of ... «The News on Sunday, Jan 14»
10
'Liberal party will never have quotas' for women: Malcolm Turnbull
“The Liberal party members of Wentworth foregather for preselection and they don't want to be told that they can only choose a woman or a ... «BRW, Oct 13»

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