集結|しゅうけつshuuketsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmassing (of troops); gathering
   将軍しょうぐんは兵士へいしをパリに集結しゅうけつした。↗

   The general concentrated the soldiers in Paris.

• Synonym集合しゅうごうNeutralGathering of people or things, including meeting up as arranged; an everyday word. 「集結」 is mostly for large-scale massing of troops or personnel.
• Synonym集めるあつめるNeutralA transitive verb for collecting things or summoning people; it stresses the act itself, while 「集結」 stresses massing into a single force.
• Synonym集うつどうNeutralFor like-minded people to gather together; carries a warm, literary flavor.
• Synonym会するかいするWrittenTo gather or meet, as in 「一堂に会する」; a solemn word of written prose.
• Synonym参集さんしゅうFormalPeople coming to a place to assemble; used mostly in formal notices.
• Synonym寄り集まるよりあつまるNeutralFor people to come together naturally; colloquial. 「集結」 implies organized massing into a force.
• Related会合かいごうNeutralGathering at one place for a meeting, or the meeting itself, as in 「首脳会合」. 「集結」 by contrast stresses massing into a force.
• Related集会しゅうかいNeutralA meeting held for a shared purpose, as in 「抗議集会」; it names the event itself, while 「集結」 names the massing of a force.
• Related集まりあつまりNeutralA noun for a gathering or meeting, used daily for groups of any size. 「集結」 stresses massing into a single force.
• Related集まるあつまるNeutralIntransitive and the most common verb for gathering. 「集結」 emphasizes massing into a single force.
• Related集積しゅうせきNeutralAccumulating and piling up, as in 「産業集積」; takes mostly things or industries as its object.
• Related寄せ集めるよせあつめるNeutralTo gather scattered things piecemeal from here and there; carries a haphazard, makeshift nuance.
• Related会同かいどうFormalGathering for a meeting; formal official-document language.
• Antonym分散ぶんさんNeutralAntonym: scattering or spreading out in different directions; the opposite of the massing that 「集結」 describes.
• Antonym離散りさんNeutralAntonym: breaking up and scattering in all directions; the opposite of 「集結」.
• Antonym拡散かくさんNeutralAntonym: spreading or diffusing outward, as light or gas does; the opposite of the gathering in 「集結」.

Use 「集結」 for troops or personnel massing on a large scale into one force, as in 「部隊が集結する」. For everyday gathering, say 「集合」 or 「集まる」; for a meeting, 「会合」. 「集会」 is a meeting held for a shared purpose, 「集う」 a warm gathering of like-minded people, and 「分散」「離散」「拡散」 are the opposites.

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1. 集あつまること。また、集あつめること。集あつめられたもの。
2. 集あつまる。また、集あつめる。