family gathering

collocation in English

meaningsoffamilyandgathering

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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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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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(Definition offamilyandgatheringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamily gathering

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It was afamilygatheringwhich used to go to football matches.
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Their sport is cruising in small boats and making afamilygatheringof it.
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I believe that the putting forward of that hour of opening would go a certain way towards breaking down this sociologically significant meal andfamilygathering.
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Most families would accept that the presence of a television in the living room is more intrusive and destructive of afamilygatheringthan anything else.
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In modern times, making sumanu can be afamilygathering.
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It was also afamilygatheringplace, with their children and friends playing there as well.
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It was like afamilygathering, a return of the prodigal son.
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The play is about afamilygatheringset just after the presidential election of 2000.
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However, gnome births are cause for afamilygathering.
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No longer was he invited to family gatherings.
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And suburban communities have the highest levels of discussion and urban communities the lowest for every private setting except large family gatherings.
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Sunday also became a parlor song, popularly sung by friends andfamilygatheringaround the piano for entertainment.
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Her first experience performing was singing at afamilygatheringat age four.
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The additional 48 elders were interviewed during interactions at various celebrations, ceremonies and family gatherings.
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The film tells the story of afamilygatheringto celebrate their father's 60th birthday.
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In 1948, at thefamilygatheringto celebrate her ninetieth birthday, there were 150 relatives.
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For both groups, portrayals of community cover a vast range of formal and informal social activities, from church services and organized national days, to weddings and family gatherings.
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Chap. 5 focuses on the interaction pattern in family gatherings, using examples from family dinner-table conversations.
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I can think of occasions when godsons and goddaughters would be welcome at family gatherings.
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We have the family gatherings we all love and to which we all look forward.
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