coming together
74
3.5
- noun
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reunión
- The community organized a festival to celebrate their coming together after years of division.
- coming together of members
- coming together to share
- importance of coming together
I said it is a coming together, a bonding.
- I said it is a coming together, a bonding.
- My teacher, Paul Sweezy is the coming together of all of those.
- But I just think that it's a great coming together and coming back to that music.
- I will sum up the Commonwealth as nations coming together for the greater good.
- Desire is love is the coming together of two people.
- Yeah, well, I think you're seeing a coming together in the Middle East of a number of things.
- Or is that actually the, the main kind of coming together point?
Examples
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Mr. Hinckley emphasized the importance of families coming together in their homes for prayer.
Academic text (1999) -
Also, we would like to be able to sponsor occasional meetings of leading researchers coming together to discuss cutting-edge issues.
Academic text (2003) -
It's a network of boys coming together to become men.
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We ended up coming together at big parties where we would all end up playing music.
Academic text (2004) -
The coming together of two families from different backgrounds.
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Singing and feasting went on, all coming together as the summer evening progressed.
Fiction book (1999) -
Once families reunited, the act of coming together once again stressed the importance of unity and cooperation.
Academic text (2018) -
The issue of couples from different backgrounds coming together is gaining newfound popularity in the literature.
Academic text (2005) -
Critical to this process is face-to-face interaction, since coming together regularly in space can promote a sense of togetherness and community.
Academic text (2018) -
This is a gathering of an eclectic group of craftspeople working across an amazing array of different artistic skills coming together.
Synonyms
73
1.0
The joining of two things to become one, like rivers or ideas
47
1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
46
1.9
A small informal meeting for people to talk and spend time together
31
4.3
A process that brings separate people or groups together to form one unit
26
4.7
Bringing people together to show support after a setback
12
3.2
A formal meeting of people who discuss and decide important things
7
3.4
A group of people, animals, or things gathered together
7
2.7
An event where people meet to talk and spend time together
4
3.7
Brings people or things together into one group
3
6.6
A group of people gathered for a common purpose, like at a meeting
3
3.5
The joining of separate people, groups, or companies into one
1
7.8
The joining of separate parts to form one whole
1
8.6
A group of things or people gathered together
1
4.2
Bringing people together for a meeting
1
2.3
An act of bringing two people or things together to connect them
1
3.0
The act of joining two or more things into one
People coming together in one place for a common purpose
Bringing parts or people together to make one whole
A meeting where people come together for social or religious reasons
Antonyms
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act or event of people joining or gathering' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'coming' (arrival/approach) with 'together' (in the same place/group). This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase that follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase coming together, literally coming and together, paints a simple picture: people or parts moving into the same place until they meet, like puzzle pieces fitting or friends arriving at a table. So it came to mean 'joining' or 'gathering'.