meeting

[ mee-ting ]
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noun
  1. the act of coming together: a chance meeting in the park.

  2. an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose: a ten o'clock business meeting.

  1. the body of persons present at an assembly or conference: to read a report to the meeting.

  2. a hostile encounter; duel.

  3. an assembly for religious worship, especially of Quakers.

  4. a place or point of contact; junction; juncture: the meeting of two roads;the meeting of the waters.

Idioms about meeting

  1. take a meeting, Informal. to hold, conduct, or participate in a meeting: The producer took a meeting with the cast of the film.

Origin of meeting

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; meet1 + -ing1

Other words for meeting

Other words from meeting

  • sub·meet·ing, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for meeting

meeting

/ (ˈmiːtɪŋ) /


noun
  1. an act of coming together; encounter

  2. an assembly or gathering

  1. a conjunction or union

  2. a sporting competition, as of athletes, or of horse racing

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