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👥 To bring together again 🧠 To collect yourself
to regather

to regather

1 4.6
To get your calm and thoughts back after you feel upset or shocked
  • verb
  • /riˈɡæðər/
: recuperar
  • He needed to regather his strength after the exhausting hike to finish the trail.

Examples

  • And while all of us were regathering our strength and redoubling our efforts, Daltry had all but given up.

    Daltry Calhoun (2005)

  • Well, time spent to regather yourself and calm down is never time wasted.

  • After regathering myself, I had an idea that has been incredibly effective ever since: a sanity list.

    Blog text (18)

  • It was exactly as if she had an injury and had to let the muscle and bone knit and regather strength.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The world is being ground to bits, yet the bits keep regathering to form the world anew.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "She sniffed, regathered herself.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • After a long day at work, she took a moment to regather her thoughts before heading home.

  • Before making the presentation, I had to regather my composure after the unexpected interruption.

Synonyms

to recompose
vsto regather
1 5.7

Make yourself calm again after being upset

emphasizes gathering inner resources rather than only regaining control
to recenter
vsto regather
  • US
1 5.3

To become calm and focused again after being upset or distracted

is about collecting scattered thoughts, strength, or feelings again
to reground
vsto regather
1 7.8

To help someone feel calm and focused again

means the person collects thoughts and strength themselves, not via help

Antonyms

to unfocus
1 7.4

To make your eyes or attention less clear

How Composed

to compose
17 4.7
to regather
1 4.6

Surface Forms

regather infinitive
regathered past
regathered past participle
regathering present participle
regathers third person singular

Morphology

regather = gather (semi-transparent) = re + gather

The structure still means 'gather again', but applying it to thoughts, strength, or feelings is figurative rather than fully literal.

Etymology

Regather has the parts re- meaning 'again' and gather meaning 'to bring together'. A helpful way to remember it is the phrase 'gather your thoughts', so to regather your thoughts or strength is to bring them back together after a shock or interruption.