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. Henry Hon:

   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.

2. Kim Jong:

   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.

3. Maxine Waters:

   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.

4. Donald Trump:

   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.

5. President Trump:

   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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