meeting

meet·ing  (mtng)

n.

1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.

2. An assembly or gathering of people, as for a business, social, or religious purpose.

Idiom:

meeting of the minds

Agreement; concord.

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meeting

Noun

1. an act of coming together: a meeting was fixed for the following day

2. an assembly or gathering of people: the meeting voted in favour

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

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Meeting a public gathering, 1513; a race meeting, 1764; an assembly for worship, 1593.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" group meeting assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place board meeting, committee meeting - a meeting for administrative purposes camp meeting - religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days caucus - a closed political meeting conclave - a confidential or secret meeting conference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) congress - a meeting of elected or appointed representatives convention - a large formal assembly; "political convention" council - a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council" forum - a public meeting or assembly for open discussion plenum - a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases" psychotherapy group - a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes stockholders meeting - a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company summit meeting, summit - a meeting of heads of governments town meeting - a meeting of the inhabitants of a town
	2.	meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" get together social affair, social gathering - a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship conventicle - a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship appointment, engagement, date - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" visit - a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist" lunch meeting, luncheon meeting - a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating power breakfast - a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast seance, sitting, session - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
	3.	meeting - a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" encounter convergence - the occurrence of two or more things coming together alignment, conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
	4.	meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" coming together gathering, assemblage, assembly - the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" rendezvous - a meeting planned at a certain time and place session - a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" socialising, socializing, socialisation, socialization - the act of meeting for social purposes; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men" visit - the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" visit - the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) visit - the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
	5.	meeting - the act of joining together as one; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" merging, coming together converging, convergency, convergence - the act of converging (coming closer) concourse, confluence - a coming together of people
	6.	meeting - a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers); "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" confluence geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earth river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

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meeting

noun 1. conference, gathering, assembly, meet, congress, session, rally, convention, get-together (informal) reunion, congregation, hui N.Z. conclave, convocation, powwow

noun 2. encounter, introduction, confrontation, engagement, rendezvous, tryst, assignation

noun 3. convergence, union, crossing, conjunction, junction, intersection, concourse, confluence

Translations

meeting [ˈmiːtɪŋ] n (also SPORT) (= rally); encuentro;

(arranged) → cita, compromiso (LAM) (= formal session, business meeting); reunión f;

(POL) → mitin m;

to call a meeting → convocar una reunión

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meeting [ˈmiːtɪŋ] meet n (of group of people) → réunion f;

(between individuals) → rendez-vous m;

(formal) → assemblée f;

(Sport) (= rally); rencontre, meeting m (= interview); entrevue f;

she's at or in a meeting (Comm) → elle est en réunion;

to call a meeting → convoquer une réunion

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meeting [ˈmiːtɪŋ] meet n (assembly, people assembling) → Versammlung f;

(Comm, of committee etc) → Sitzung f;

(also: business meeting) → Besprechung f;

(encounter) → Begegnung f: (arranged) → Treffen nt;

(Pol) → Gespräch nt;

(Sport) → Veranstaltung f;

she's at or in a meeting meet (Comm) → sie ist bei einer Besprechung;

to call a meeting meet → eine Sitzung/Versammlung einberufen

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meeting [ˈmiːtɪŋ] n → incontro (= session) [of club etc] → riunione f (= interview); intervista;

(formal) → colloquio;

(SPORT) (= rally); raduno;

she's at a meeting (COMM) → è in riunione;

to call a meeting → convocare una riunione