Definitions for meeting
ˈmi tɪŋmeet·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meeting, group meetingnoun

   a formally arranged gathering

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

2. meeting, get togethernoun

   a small informal social gathering

   "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

3. meeting, encounternoun

   a casual or unexpected convergence

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

4. meeting, coming togethernoun

   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 togethernoun

   the act of joining together as one

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

6. confluence, meetingnoun

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

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meetingnoun

   A gathering of people/parties for a purpose.

   We need to have a meeting about that soon.

2. meetingnoun

   The people at such a gathering, as a collective.

   What has the meeting decided.

3. meetingnoun

   An encounter between people, even accidental.

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

4. meetingnoun

   A place or instance of junction or intersection.

   Earthquakes occur at the meeting of tectonic plates.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meetingnoun

   Etymology: from meet.

   1. An assembly; a convention.

   If the fathers and husbands of those, whose relief this your meeting intends, were of the houshold of faith, then their relicts and children ought not to be strangers to the good that is done in it, if they want it. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

   Since the ladies have been left out of all meetings except parties at play, our conversation hath degenerated. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A congress.

   Let’s be revenged on him; let’s appoint him a meeting, and lead him on with a fine baited delay. William Shakespeare.

   3. A conventicle; an assembly of Dissenters.4. A conflux: as, the meeting of two rivers.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meeting

   A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Meetings can be used as form of group decision making.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meeting

   A meeting is a gathering or assembly of two or more people, often in a formal or structured context, where conversation, discussion, or decision-making occurs. This event may take place in-person or virtually, and may be scheduled for business, social, or other purposes. Meetings can vary in size, length, formality, and topics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meeting

   of Meet

2. Meetingnoun

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

3. Meetingnoun

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

4. Meetingnoun

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

5. Meetingnoun

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meeting

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

Matched Categories

1. • Convergence
   • Geographic Point
   • River
   • Social Gathering

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

2. tegmine

How to pronounce meeting?

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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. Heidi Heitkamp:

   After meeting her and talking with former leaders in our intelligence community, I have concluded that Gina Haspel meets these standards. I am therefore planning to vote to confirm her as Director of CIA, but this was not an easy decision. Ms. Haspel's involvement in torture is deeply troubling, as my friend and colleague, John McCain, so eloquently reminded us. However, Acting Director Haspel explained to me that the agency should not have employed such tactics in the past and has assured me that it will not do so in the future.

2. Sean Callow:

   We lean towards no change but can see why markets are on edge, this meeting includes the semi-annual outlook report, updating forecasts which will surely include an admission that it will take longer than previously thought for inflation to reach the 2 percent target.

3. David Heymann:

   The experts at the meeting felt there was no reason to decrease travel to these areas. What is important( is) for people to understand their individual risk they undergo when they go to these areas. The risk of international spread is not a significant concern.

4. Jeremy Story:

   The board has an opportunity in this upcoming meeting to repair some of their damage by putting the Superintendent on unpaid leave or continue to cover up the serious allegations against Hafedh Azaiez, even if they do put him on unpaid leave, I believe that five members of the board will continue to try to distance themselves from owning responsibility forcreating this situation.

5. Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs:

   The pope thanked the senator for coming to the meeting and for coming to speak about the moral economy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meeting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meeting
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=meeting
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meeting
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=meeting