Understand contribution to meeting at Hereford (6)

I believe the answer is:

gather

'understand' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'contribution to meeting at hereford' is the wordplay.
'contribution to' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'GATHER' is hidden in the letters of 'meeting at hereford'.

(Other definitions for gather that I've seen before include "Get together" , "Collect together in one place" , "Congregate" , "Accumulate, garner" , "Accumulate, amass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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