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verb

congregate

CEFR C1

come together, usually for a purpose

In a sentence

Six example sentences with congregate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Fans congregate outside the arena two hours early, trading rumors about the trade deadline while the doors stay shut.

    Basketball

  • Monarch butterflies congregate on a few hillside groves each winter, coating the branches so thickly the bark disappears.

    Environment

  • Delegates congregate in the hotel lobby between sessions, where more bargaining happens than on the convention floor itself.

    Politics

  • Street musicians congregate under the railway arch each Saturday because the echo flatters even a cheap fiddle.

    Music

  • Traders once congregated on the exchange floor at the opening bell, shouting orders no computer had yet learned to match.

    Business

  • Pilgrims congregate in the square before sunrise, waiting for the cathedral gates to open on the feast day.

    Travel

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