Definitions for meeting
ˈmi tɪŋmeet·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meeting, group meeting(noun)

   a formally arranged gathering

   "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"

2. meeting, get together(noun)

   a small informal social gathering

   "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

3. meeting, encounter(noun)

   a casual or unexpected convergence

   "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

4. meeting, coming together(noun)

   the social act of assembling for some common purpose

   "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"

5. merging, meeting, coming together(noun)

   the act of joining together as one

   "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds"

6. confluence, meeting(noun)

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

   "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meeting(Noun)

   A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

   We need to have a meeting about that soon.

2. meeting(Noun)

   The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

   What has the meeting decided.

3. meeting(Noun)

   An encounter between people, even accidental.

   They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.

4. meeting(Noun)

   A place or instance of junction or intersection.

   Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meeting

   of Meet

2. Meeting(noun)

   a coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress

3. Meeting(noun)

   a junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers

4. Meeting(noun)

   a congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting

5. Meeting(noun)

   an assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Meeting

   In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. meeting

   A gathering of people for a specific purpose.

   There was a community meeting every week where they all loved to have fun and arrange things.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #629

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #497

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Nouns Frequency: #160

Anagrams for meeting »

1. teeming

How to pronounce meeting?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meeting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meeting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of meeting in a Sentence

1. Jerry Maren:

   We expected her to be a snobby movie star, she was more excited at meeting us than we were at meeting her.

2. Bill Gross:

   They should, but their September meeting language must be so careful, that 'one and done' represents an increasing possibility - at least for the next six months, the Fed is beginning to recognize that 6 years of zero bound interest rates have negative influences on the real economy - it destroys historical business models essential to capitalism such as pension funds, insurance companies, and the willingness to save money itself. If savings wither then so too does its Siamese Twin - investment - and with it, long-term productivity, the decline of which we have seen not just in the U.S. but worldwide.

3. Kevin Cramer:

   It was just President Donald Trump and me... President Donald Trump wanted me to come back in and talk about it. I thought it was great. I felt honored to be there. We extended our meeting probably by 10 minutes just President Donald Trump and me.

4. Archbishop Charles Chaput:

   We don't want to provide a platform at the meeting for people to lobby for positions contrary to the life of our Church.

5. Rabbi Reuven Mintz:

   Our hope is that meeting someone who witnessed, firsthand, the atrocities committed under the same swastika and salute will help guide these students towards a life of tolerance and acceptance.

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