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meeting

mee·ting

UK/ˈmiːtɪŋ/ US/ˈmitɪŋ/ very common

noun

1.

a formally arranged gathering

  • “next year the meeting will be in Chicago”
  • “the meeting elected a chairperson”
2.

the social act of assembling for some common purpose

  • “his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day”
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3.

a small informal social gathering

  • “there was an informal meeting in my living room”
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4.

a casual or unexpected convergence

  • “he still remembers their meeting in Paris”
  • “there was a brief encounter in the hallway”
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5.

the act of joining together as one

  • “the merging of the two groups occurred quickly”
  • “there was no meeting of minds”
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6.

a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

  • “Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers”
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Origin

From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.

Phrases

  • area meeting
  • board meeting
  • captive audience meeting
  • experience meeting
  • extraordinary general meeting
  • field meeting
  • flag meeting
  • kick-off meeting

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