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• present participle of meet.

meeting

American  

[mee-ting] / ˈmi tɪŋ /

noun

• meetings
  plural

1. the act of coming together.

   a chance meeting in the park.

   Synonyms:

   rendezvous, confrontation, encounter

2. an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose.

   a ten o'clock business meeting.

3. the body of persons present at an assembly or conference.

   to read a report to the meeting.

4. a hostile encounter; duel.

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

6. meeting house.

7. a place or point of contact; junction; juncture: the meeting of the waters.

   the meeting of two roads;

   the meeting of the waters.

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idioms

1. take a meeting, to hold, conduct, or participate in a meeting.

   The producer took a meeting with the cast of the film.

meeting British  

/ ˈmiːtɪŋ /

noun

1. an act of coming together; encounter

2. an assembly or gathering

3. a conjunction or union

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• submeeting
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• meetings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of meeting

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; meet ¹ + -ing ¹

Explanation

A meeting is the planned gathering of a group of people for a specific reason. You might attend a meeting for Trekkies who are all fans of "Star Trek," or you may decide to stay home and watch "Star Trek" reruns instead. Wise move. Meetings are arranged beforehand, and when you show up at one, there will be other people there for the same purpose. Your meeting might be your monthly book group or a quick huddle after work to plan your boss's surprise birthday party. Meeting can also mean "an encounter," like the chance meeting you have with your kindergarten teacher at the grocery store, or "the place things come together," like the meeting of two streams in your yard.

Example Sentences

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meeting meetings

The Washington Post reported this month that President Donald Trump had demanded answers from Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth about munitions shortages at a recent cabinet meeting.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Attention is on whether the Bank of Japan will move to raise rates at its September policy meeting, with policymakers increasingly worried that inflation could run above the bank’s 2% target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

But investors will be keeping an eye on the minutes of last month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, to be released Wednesday, for details on how Fed members view inflation and the interest-rate environment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Then comes a trip to North Macedonia on 3 October and another meeting with the Slovenians three days later in Glasgow.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I have a meeting tonight and I thought you might like to come along,” she says to me.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Both sides hash it out at meetings of the fiscal court of Mason County, the primary government body overseeing the development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

UN officials insist all issues were discussed, and that subsequent meetings included their participation.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Tensions over the situation also prompted military leaders to hold in-person and virtual meetings last week with the families of the sailors and Marines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

City council meetings in which citizens swarm to protest paying for the cameras are the new must-see TV.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

This was the first of many secret meetings between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, a high-ranking member of the North Vietnamese government.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Related Words

• competition
• confrontation
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• encounter
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