meeting
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
meetings
plural
meetings
Britannica Dictionary definition of MEETING
1
a
[count]
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a gathering of people for a particular purpose (such as to talk about business)
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The club's monthly meeting will be held next Monday evening.
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She was too busy to attend the meeting.
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Let's have/hold/call/convene a meeting to discuss these problems.
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postpone/adjourn/close a business meeting
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a committee/staff meeting
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I wasn't able to talk to him because he was in a meeting.
b
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a gathering of people for religious worship
[count]
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a Quaker meeting
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a revival meeting
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a prayer meeting
[noncount]
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(US) He attends Quaker meeting.
2
[count]
a
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a situation or occasion when two people see and talk to each other
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They started dating each other soon after their first meeting.
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Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.
b
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a situation or occasion when athletes or teams compete against each other
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Tonight's game will be their first meeting of the season.
3
[singular]
:
the place where two things come together
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a town at the meeting of two rivers
a meeting of minds
or US a meeting of the minds
:
an understanding or agreement between two people or groups
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The company and the union tried to come to a meeting of the minds. [=they tried to reach an agreement]
