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👥 To bring together again 🧠 To collect yourself
to regather

to regather

4.6
To get your calm and thoughts back after you feel upset or shocked
  • verb
  • /riˈɡæðər/
translation icon : 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 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 recompose
vsto regather
1 5.7

Make yourself calm again after being upset

emphasizes gathering inner resources rather than only regaining control
to reground
vsto regather
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
33 4.7
to pull oneself together
  • Informal
81 5.1
to regather
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.