- present participle of meet.
meeting
Americannoun
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meetings
plural
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the act of coming together.
a chance meeting in the park.
- Synonyms:
- rendezvous, confrontation, encounter
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an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose.
a ten o'clock business meeting.
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the body of persons present at an assembly or conference.
to read a report to the meeting.
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a hostile encounter; duel.
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an assembly for religious worship, especially of Quakers.
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a place or point of contact; junction; juncture: the meeting of the waters.
the meeting of two roads;
the meeting of the waters.
idioms
noun
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an act of coming together; encounter
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an assembly or gathering
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a conjunction or union
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a sporting competition, as of athletes, or of horse racing
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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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The spokesperson said it is following a meeting schedule set by the county.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Barclays analyst Dan Levy said in a client note that the merger could be announced before Tesla’s annual meeting, likely to be held in December.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The most important thing, though, is just meeting each other. That’s really the main vision for Wondaween: Showing up together in real life, hanging, dancing, making connections and bringing each other joy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In a three-and-a-half-hour meeting, Infantino also faced questions about US striker Folarin Balogun's suspended red-card ban, the Fifa Peace Prize and funding for national associations.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Major Puff has no interest in meeting the friend of my enemy.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
People who have attended meetings with the family said Bo Hines, his father and Dennis began traveling by private jet after Bo Hines left the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In a statement sent to AFP, Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr said the fact there had only been 127 meetings so far showed "that the vast majority of pupils and parents are cooperative".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Now, according to one of his advisers, he is having regular meetings with staff to track their impact and working on new legislation aimed at curbing their rapid expansion across the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Improved preparations include increased wildfire drills, more training on the incident command system, more evacuation planning as well as earlier briefings and tactical meetings to improve pre-deployment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
She’d never considered that Spares didn’t have their own meetings, but she supposed it made sense.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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