What does meeting mean?
Definitions for meeting
ˈmi tɪŋmeet·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word meeting.
Princeton's WordNet
meeting, group meeting(noun)
a formally arranged gathering
"next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
meeting, get together(noun)
a small informal social gathering
"there was an informal meeting in my living room"
meeting, encounter(noun)
a casual or unexpected convergence
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
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"
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"
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
meeting(Noun)
A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.
We need to have a meeting about that soon.
meeting(Noun)
The people at such a gathering, as a collective.
What has the meeting decided.
meeting(Noun)
An encounter between people, even accidental.
They came together in a chance meeting on the way home from work.
meeting(Noun)
A place or instance of junction or intersection.
Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.
Webster Dictionary
Meeting
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Meeting(noun)
a coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of Congress
Meeting(noun)
a junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers
Meeting(noun)
a congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting
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
Meeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.
Editors Contribution
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #629
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #497
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'meeting' in Nouns Frequency: #160
Anagrams for meeting »
teeming
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of meeting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of meeting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of meeting in a Sentence
The number of Christians increased dramatically in China after public Christian meetings were banned and believers started meeting from house to house in their homes. It was a blessing in disguise; forcing believers to meet in homes brought boldness to believers, and advanced the spread of the gospel.
I think meeting here, two countries that have a hostile past, we are showcasing to the world that we have a new present and we have a positive meeting going forward, some are saying this meeting was preplanned but I was very surprised to hear about your offer on the tweet.
Mr. Secretary, I want you to know that no other secretary has ever told us the day before that they were going to limit their time in the way that you're doing, so if you want to use them as examples, you have acted differently than they have acted, and as I have said, if you wish to leave, you may, if you'd wish to keep me here so that I don't have my important meeting and continue to grill me, then we can do that. I will cancel my meeting and I will not be back here. I will be very clear if that's the way you'd like to have this relationship.
I'm just going to Israel some time before the end of the year, I'm going to Israel, but I'm not saying who I'm meeting with.
I will tell you, as an example, if he were at that meeting I could ask him to do things that are good for the world, that are good for the country, that are good for him.
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Translations for meeting
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- اِجْتِماع, مَجْلِسArabic
- събраниеBulgarian
- bodadegBreton
- reunió, trobadaCatalan, Valencian
- zasedání, setkání, shromáždění, účastník, schůzeCzech
- mødeDanish
- Teilnehmer, Sitzung, Versammlung, Zusammenkunft, Beratung, Besprechung, Treffen, TreffpunktGerman
- kunvenoEsperanto
- reunión, encuentroSpanish
- نشست, برخورد, همایش, دیدار, انجمنPersian
- tapaaminen, kokous, yhtymäkohta, kohtaaminen, palaveri, sauma, risteyskohtaFinnish
- rencontre, réunionFrench
- coinneamh, coinneachadhScottish Gaelic
- פגישהHebrew
- मिलन, सभा, बैठकHindi
- tárgyalás, találkozó, találkozás, megbeszélésHungarian
- ժողով, հավաքույթArmenian
- incontroInterlingua
- temu, pertemuanIndonesian
- kunveno, asemblajo, asemblo, renkontroIdo
- incrocio, incontro, riunioneItalian
- 会, 会合, ミーティングJapanese
- 회합Korean
- کۆبوونهوه, ئهنجومهنKurdish
- congregatio, contio, occursusLatin
- средба, состанок, собир, меѓаMacedonian
- møteNorwegian
- beraad, samenkomst, raakvlak, ontmoetingsplaats, treffen, bijeenkomst, vergadering, ontmoeting, zitting, overleg, raakpuntDutch
- møteNorwegian Nynorsk
- spotkaniePolish
- reunião, encontroPortuguese
- ședințăRomanian
- совещание, встреча, собрание, пересечение, заседание, стыкRussian
- मिलन, सभाSanskrit
- sretaj, susret, sretSerbo-Croatian
- srečanjeSlovene
- möteSwedish
- mkutanoSwahili
- సమావేశంTelugu
- بیٹھک, سبھاUrdu
- kolkömVolapük
- 会议Chinese
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