gathering place

collocation in English

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gathering
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡæð.ər.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡæð.ɚ.ɪŋ/
a party or a meeting when many people come together as ...
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place
noun
uk
/pleɪs/us
/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition ofgatheringandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is a very agreeable and usefulgatheringplace.
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They have taken ownership of the bus stop because it is their socialgatheringplace.
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What we want is a certain number of these to be designed not only as a community leisure centre, but also as an internationalgatheringplacefor sportsmen.
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Now this center piece of the community is again performing its role as the regionalgatheringplace.
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The area became a populargatheringplacefor young aristocrats, and later the lower classes as well.
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Ongoing drug sweeps and police activity are now the features that mar this once prominentgatheringplace.
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They are agatheringplacefor uglies who want to trick the sensors on their hoverboards.
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However, it also serves as agatheringplacebecause of its large shaded areas that include ponds, waterfalls, cherry trees and wisteria vines.
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The property, was used as anothergatheringplacefor bible study.
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The square was a primarygatheringplacefor residents of the city from the 1850s to the 1940s.
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In ancient times suitable buildings would rarely have existed and there was usually no alternative other than to use an outdoorgatheringplace.
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It is a popular subject for photographers and a commongatheringplace.
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They also served as agatheringplacewithin the home.
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On the edge of the present-day business district, the arcade was agatheringplacefor residents.
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Afterwards the house was used as agatheringplaceof the leaders, activists and sympathizers of the movement.
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The main building that was once used for agatheringplacefor eating and entertainment for the childrens camp is being used as a restaurant.
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As the 20th century progressed, the club began to assume its current form, as a purely socialgatheringplacefor respectable gentlemen.
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However, those plans were shelved and what exists today is a very serviceable though uninspiring and unfinished-lookinggatheringplace.
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It is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island, as well as agatheringplacefor locals.
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