Meaning & use
congregated
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Gathered together into a crowd or assembly, typically for a common purpose.
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A large crowd congregated outside the courthouse awaiting the verdict.
Birds congregated on the wires each evening before migrating south.
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Shares a root with "congregation," the term for a body of worshippers, both tracing back to the Latin "grex," meaning flock or herd.
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